After assessing Joel's blistered feet, i decided it wasn't enough to worry about due to the limited time we have in this gorgeous city. A case of toughen up Princess, and put those walking shoes back on. Now being a Harry Potter Fan, my first port of call, was checking out this Kings Cross station that is mentioned in the books. I decided to walk around its block checking it out from all angles. Ok, so maybe not the best use of time, but a couple of the really old buildings were just to die for and the round random circle things I thought were very cute, though I have no idea what on earth they are just doing there! The station itself is just beautiful. We wander around in circles I think, then eventually gave ... read more

Today was slightly bitter sweet. We were to leave Hong Kong in the evening to continue our trip and head to London for a few days. First stumbling block as we had a full day planned to explore Ocean Park, we getting downstairs to settle our account and put our luggage into lock up for the day was to find out that we were required to return to collect it by 4pm that afternoon, due to an influx of visitors due to the Asian games or whatever it was that was on. I wasn't exactly happy about this, as our flight was a late one from memory, so would mean sitting at the airport for too long, either that or dragging our bags around everywhere with us! Anyway ... not going to let that get us ... read more

I dont think I can begin to describe what it was like waking up that morning. Actually most mornings it was the same feeling, I am actually travelling the world! I'm sorry, I would probably sound like a total maniac, but seriously, how many mums of five children get that chance to take their eldest child at my age on a five week adventure? The fact I was actually going, still amazes me. Anyway .... Looking out the window, oh pinch myself! Unlike the totally clear skys of the previous night, the morning looked all hazy. It could be the humidity thing? Anyway after a quick chat on skype to home, we were bouncing out the door bright and early. Probably our first mistake. Hong Kong doesn't bound in the mornings. It barely wakes up til ... read more