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Vijay Verghese

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Scribbler, strummer, uphill scrambler. The view from Hong Kong. My mag of 20 years, SmartTravelAsia.com

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A beacon on the road to hope... πŸ™πŸ»

27.10.2025 00:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well, every palace needs a ballroom to lead subjects a merry dance

23.10.2025 13:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Simple pleasures... but gosh look at the variety!! πŸ˜…πŸ˜€πŸ‘πŸ»

15.10.2025 13:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Surprised and heartened to see oases of calm like this still exist. Thanks for sharing this window into your world

21.09.2025 12:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We're all with you. Sad to watch from afar. The worm will turn

08.09.2025 01:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If only this moment could spread across Ukraine

26.08.2025 13:58 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well it's a start, if muddled. Discussion, ideas, motion are to be welcomed even if the script is rigged. Making a start is always good. We wish you luck

12.08.2025 12:40 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Gerrymandering by Democrats as a tit-for-tat to counter Texas Republicans will mean the unraveling of democracy (or representative govt). Electoral rigging needs to be fought at the legal and Constitutional level

05.08.2025 01:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Most unusual. Why was this?

31.07.2025 11:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Are there still safe areas in Kyiv? Hopefully more defensive weaponry will arrive soon

10.07.2025 13:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bali serenity up in the cool Ubud hills. These are places to restore the spirit, drain the wallet, and remind us that peace and harmony are not just Woodstock ideals. They are quintessentially natural

06.06.2025 23:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This tragic chapter must be brought to a close somehow.

01.06.2025 12:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Art of a Heel

21.05.2025 06:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The other side of Hong Kong

12.05.2025 00:38 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Beautiful. May calm return

12.05.2025 00:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This 'analysis' is entirely one sided. Both sides need to get facts right. A startling reveal on a SKY interview that social media was the official source on downed jets is bizarre. The Pahalgam killers' source of indoctrination, support and weapons warrants serious investigation, not chest thumping

08.05.2025 10:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Still way too high

28.04.2025 00:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is quite out of control and beyond civilised norms

20.04.2025 13:03 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's the only way to break free from special interest and corporate clutches. So good to see that war chest is growing

16.04.2025 09:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The botox lips? The vacant stare? Oh, the gun!

09.04.2025 00:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Stay safe (if there is such a thing). A bit awkward hitting the 'love' button on posts dealing with fear, death and destruction but...

07.04.2025 06:58 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hong Kong's Hang Seng index has dropped 13% today and the day's not done

07.04.2025 06:21 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Opportunities now for the emergence of new regional trading and political blocs, an overhauled world order with a stronger South, and perhaps a restructured UN, but an increasingly isolated and marginalised USA. The UK might look at Brexit anew with the transatlantic special relationship torpedoed.

07.04.2025 05:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Keep writing and sharing views from that window to your world. Ukraine cannot be forgotten

04.04.2025 09:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Very glad to hear this

04.04.2025 00:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, sadly peace only comes through strength

09.03.2025 05:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Straight to the point

01.03.2025 15:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A wrecking ball. The human cost of this farcical cost-cutting is incalculable. These chickens will come home to roost

26.02.2025 14:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wrecking vital DNA and savaging the country. It's all going to cost

26.02.2025 14:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A no-holds-barred column by the Editor Vijay Verghese on lost travel causes from flight mysteries to hotel scams A no-holds-barred column by the Editor on lost causes from flight mysteries to hotel scams.

Hotel sleep matters. Stars less so. And now the slugfest has reached your bedroom as hotels swap, sell beds, and add stars. Why travellers are seeing stars too www.smarttravelasia.com/check-in.htm

26.02.2025 00:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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