Hong Kong

So after a very long and boring wait, we made it to Hong Kong, where we met Maeve, my sister, who managed to change flight assignments to be in HK at the same time.


Day one we were a bit tired, but managed to get around abit, seeing very typical HK things and riding up to the peak at dusk to see the skyline.


Typical HK scene


The skyline of HK island and Kowloon in the background

The next day, we headed off to Ocean Park, one of two theme parks in HK (the other's Disneyland, the other sister would have got in a strop if we went there without her) to see the Giant Pandas. Only the Giant Pandas were having a new house built and have gone on holiday. Whether they've gone to the same place as Uncle Ho (See Hanoi) I don't know. Still we got to go on some rollercoasters, a logflume and saw lots of shows, which were all alot of fun.


'Whiskers' the sealion.

Then it came to the worst bit of the trip, the last flight home (well the last long flight to get us both to the UK). We flew back on Maeve's flight and so got alot of perks (they couldn't upgrade us as there wasn't enough meals in the upper classes :( including a row of 4 seats each to sleep, all the amenity packs and the freedom to roam the aircraft which is how I got the picture below.


Tibetian plateau - eastern end of the Himalayas

Getting back to Heathrow was a shock - it's a dump, but I didn't have long to wait for my shuttle up to Manchester, where I am now. Rach on the other hand had to wait a while for the BMI flight to Teeside. About 6 hours :(

Some Stats

Number of films watched - 3 (although I can't remember one of them so it can't have been that good!)
Number of hours sleep - 1 (ish)