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Hi everyone, finally got around to adding some photos today. Just a small collection, took so many. If you click on the main photo, it will take you to another screen & they will be larger and all together. Until next time, Pat... read more

Day 7 - fnd February 2010 - Che Kung Temple & Shopping We started our day by visiting Che Kung Temple in Sha Tin (part of the new territories). Took a taxi and 3 trains to get there. It is the largest temple in HK but I thought not very impressive. Then caught 4 trains to Sham Shui Po. I had heard that it it is great shopping street and market. The exporters all sell their overruns and seconds there. We didn't like the area at all. Faye equated it to the manufacturing areas of Redfern. Very old, not clean like the rest of Hong Kong. Faye bought a few things, but Shan & I weren't impressed. We headed back to the hotel for a rest as my back was seizing up. We had yum cha ... read more

Day 5 - 31st January 2010 The Peak and Lamma Island We woke to a fine sunny day, so decided to head to the Peak to have a look.Bus to the ferry, then ferry over to Central. The line for the bus to the peak tram was huge, so we decided to bypass the tram and catch bus 15 to the Peak direct. Beautiful views along the way, and the views from the peak were stunning. Still hazy, but much better than the last few days. We then caught the bus back down and boarded the ferry to Rainbow Restaurant on Lamma Island for lunch. It was a VERY small boat and the swell was pretty rocking, it took about 50 minutes. No gangplank, very hairy for me getting both on and off the boat. We ... read more

DAY 3- 29TH JANUARY 2010 Today we headed off to the Island to have a look at shopping and culture. We caught the bus to the star ferry for the trip across the harbour. Unfortunately when boarding the bus, I really hurt my leg and was in agony, so it was a really slow walking day and a lot of pain. I couldn't get up the stairs to the top deck of the ferry, so we went cattle class. We arrived in Central & paid our $50HK, which gave us an all day pass on the sight seeing bus. I told the girls to sit up top for the best view of the city, open top - they froze (I would have loved to, but couldn't get up the stairs The first loop took about an ... read more

Day 1 - 27th January 2010 Just a short entry will update later. Early start to the airport, had a welcoming party of Joyce, Maureen, Esther, Felicity & Tyrah BUT couldn't spend long with them as we spent an hour in the line checking in!! Rediculous. Had a very bumpy flight over, not nice at all, Faye & I had to protect our coffee from sloshing! The captain told us before we took off about the turbulence over northern australia and the phillipines - great! The service and food was wonderful this time - very different to 2 years ago. Got up regularly to give my back and leg a rest from sitting. Had lunch and dinner before arrival. Arrived on time 5.50 pm local time, but took ages to get through customs. The SWINF FLU ... read more