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May 09, 2005
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A passport, a review and a walk
1. If you aren't comfortable with the idea of leaving your passport for 4 days with a South-East Asian Communist dictatorship, don't plan to visit Laos. 2. A one word movie review of The Interpreter: Don't. 3. Went to a walk around Central by Walk the Talk founders Stephan and David on Saturday (they also have Blog the Talk). An interesting walk although it seemed they were still testing out the material. More likely to be on interest for out-of-town tourists or new arrivals who would like a taste of the history of HK. I hope their idea takes hold - you simply buy a pack, dial a number from your mobile and enjoy the commentary. It's like those guided audio tours in museums. I'm looking forward to a forthcoming edition which guides people through the bars of Wan Chai. Now that's living history. posted by Simon on 05.09.05 at 01:22 PM in the
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So I guess I saw the link to the Walk the Talk guys' blog here in the first place, since I was on that same walk on Saturday :-) As a newly-arrived out-of-towner, I found it quite interesting, although their presentation was a little uneven at times - and the streets of Central at the weekend aren't the absolute best place to give a history lecture. I did buy a copy of their Tsim Sha Tsui walk, which I'll probably do at the weekend... posted by: Richard Cohen on 05.09.05 at 02:59 PM [permalink]Agreed. As I said it felt like they were still getting to grips with the material rather than having fully mastered it. Next time introduce yourself! posted by: Simon on 05.09.05 at 03:14 PM [permalink]Thank you both for coming, and glad to hear you enjoyed it overall. Apologies if at times we sounded a bit rusty - we've fallen into the trap of recording artists going back to doing live concerts after a hiatus...anyway, Simon, I'll definitely let you know if a Wanchai walk is forthcoming...:) posted by: David on 05.10.05 at 05:56 PM [permalink]That's a really interesting idea, using recorded commentary on mobile phones to do walking tours. How'd it work when you hit a dead zone? posted by: RP on 05.10.05 at 09:44 PM [permalink] |
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