https://www.scmp.com/rss/142056/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com I awake to the sound of waves lapping beneath my bed, the sky turning orange with the sunrise. An uninter­rupted view, through sliding glass doors, over the ocean, stretches all the way to the horizon. Baby sharks, stingrays and large fish cruise over the sand flats, looking for breakfast with the incoming tide. Atolls and islands, crystal clear water … the Maldives. Usually I am happy to sleep anywhere: a fisherman’s hut, a warung, a tent, so long as there is a solid swell running, but now I... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/travel/article/2170850/surfing-maldives-catch-break-newly-discovered-reefs?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/travel/article/2170850/surfing-maldives-catch-break-newly-discovered-reefs?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 01 Nov 2018 00:30:15 +0000 The fall could be five metres or 50 metres; there’s no way of seeing over the ledge below. Not that it matters – any debilitating injury could prove fatal, because being carried out of Mount Tambora’s crater is not an option. I bear that in mind as a 15-metre traverse with footholds threatens to collapse, tufts of grass the only handholds available. Knees buckling, thighs aching, baking hot, long out of water, overburdened with a heavy pack and seriously questioning myself for having accepted... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2117272/descent-hellish-depths-inside-crater-mount?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2117272/descent-hellish-depths-inside-crater-mount?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 29 Oct 2017 02:31:54 +0000 SCW Cutlery & Hardware has been at the same location in Wan Chai since 1949, when founder Chan Fat-yuen came with his family from Shanghai, where he had a business distributing hair clippers. They offer products unavailable elsewhere in Hong Kong, such as specialised pineapple knives, folding straight razors, high-quality fabric scissors, Chinese knives, Japanese knives, cufflinks and Swiss army knives. There are also various rare Damascus steel blades, which are made by forging together layers... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/1880214/experts-tips-classic-wet-shave-and-where-hong-kong-buy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/1880214/experts-tips-classic-wet-shave-and-where-hong-kong-buy?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 18 Nov 2015 23:15:45 +0000 … the chance to take part in one event this week it would be the Facebook-promoted "Beach Cleanup Bigwavebay" at Big Wave Bay on Hong Kong Island on July 6 from 1.30pm-7.30pm. This one is a little different to other beach clean-ups as it will concentrate on collecting rubbish from the less-accessible cliffs and coves. There will be a lot of exciting rock scrambling required - my kids are amped! https://www.scmp.com/magazines/48hrs/article/1544292/if-i-only-had-antony-dickson-culture-photo-editor?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/48hrs/article/1544292/if-i-only-had-antony-dickson-culture-photo-editor?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 02 Jul 2014 15:14:32 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/sport/rugby/sevens/article/1461027/sundays-top-shots?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/rugby/sevens/article/1461027/sundays-top-shots?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 30 Mar 2014 09:30:30 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/sport/rugby/sevens/article/1460381/saturdays-top-shots?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/rugby/sevens/article/1460381/saturdays-top-shots?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 29 Mar 2014 12:15:15 +0000 … one event to prepare for it would be the 2013 Clean Half 15-kilometre swim on October 12 from Stanley Main Beach to Deep Water Bay via Cape D'Aguilar. Swimming around the Stanley headland in a good swell is one of the highlights of the event, and it's great to support the organisers who are increasing awareness about marine debris found in the world's oceans through Project Kaisei. Antony Dickson, Culture Photo Editor https://www.scmp.com/magazines/48hrs/article/1299698/if-i-only-had-culture-photo-editor-antony-dickson-wants-get-swim?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/48hrs/article/1299698/if-i-only-had-culture-photo-editor-antony-dickson-wants-get-swim?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 28 Aug 2013 16:00:00 +0000 A senior Macau Jockey Club veterinary surgeon who shoots healthy horses says giving them a quick death is better than 'washing my hands' by sending them somewhere with a poor standard of care. Dr Martin Wainscott said he felt bad about killing horses but had no choice. He and the club's five other vets are on rotation to carry out the weekly killings. 'Certainly it is not a pleasurable job to do. We don't like doing it, but it is a job that has to be done, unfortunately. Shooting is more... https://www.scmp.com/article/382276/bullet-kinder-unknown-fate?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/382276/bullet-kinder-unknown-fate?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 15 Jun 2002 16:00:00 +0000 We stood 20 metres from the west gate of the Macau Jockey Club on Taipa Island - watching and waiting for something awful to happen. Two lovely horses exercised on a small track skirting a red-bricked building known as the 'retirement barn' - reserved for the older equine stock of Macau's multibillion-dollar racing industry, and for the injured or those not considered good enough to continue. Inside the barn, five horses ate their final meals before being doped for what was to come. On a... https://www.scmp.com/article/382275/undignified-end-awaits-old-injured-and-out-favour?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/382275/undignified-end-awaits-old-injured-and-out-favour?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 15 Jun 2002 16:00:00 +0000