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Day 277 - ‘Come on Irene, sell us a screen’

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April 5th 2007
So we made our decision - we decided to buy the screen but take it back ourselves on the flight. Lufthansa said this would be fine, although excess baggage is charged at GBP20 per kilo. And the screen weighs 26kg! So the day’s first task was to see just how light we could make our rucksacks by ruthlessly ditching anything unnecessary and/or heavy, and shifting the remaining heavy things like boo ... read more

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Occupied by the UK in 1841, Hong Kong was formally ceded by China the following year; various adjacent lands were added later in the 19th century. Pursuant to an agreement signed by China and the UK on 19 December 1984, Hong Kong became the Hong Kong... ... read more