Since moving to Hong Kong for the first time as an army brat in the 1980's, Martin Knight has lived most of his adult life in the Far East. From his home on a boat in Hong Kong, he worked in Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore, accumulating more airmiles than Richard Branson, probably. When not in Asia, he lived and worked in South and West Africa, Jordan, Dubai, Egypt, Australia, Fiji and the North Sea. He has been held at gunpoint and finger point and he is the only westerner to ever beat a bar girl at ...
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Since moving to Hong Kong for the first time as an army brat in the 1980's, Martin Knight has lived most of his adult life in the Far East. From his home on a boat in Hong Kong, he worked in Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore, accumulating more airmiles than Richard Branson, probably. When not in Asia, he lived and worked in South and West Africa, Jordan, Dubai, Egypt, Australia, Fiji and the North Sea. He has been held at gunpoint and finger point and he is the only westerner to ever beat a bar girl at connect four. He once accidentally stayed overnight in a Portuguese brothel. He even once helped a friend produce a sample for an emergency fertility test, but he doesn't like to talk about that, except in this book. He also leapt off a survey boat into the North Sea, and he likes to talk about that, because it makes him sound brave. In Hong Kong, when not spending time away from his family travelling, Martin spent time away from his family running. Realising that Hong Kong is not just a vibrant metropolis with a really nice harbour, Martin took up running and racing the trails throughout the stunning country parks, for ever increasing distances, until eventually breaking himself. This is Martin's account of 30-years living and running in the Far East. It is about his love of Hong Kong, a place that is struggling for survival. It is also about stuff that happened to someone who lived somewhere they probably shouldn't for too long.
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