Home again

---

Here I am, home again. Nice to be back, a bit sad it's all over, but it was getting just a bit tiring!
Anyway, it was a fantastic trip and I learned a few things:

- Hong Kong is a fascinating city, clean and full of very friendly and helpful people
- Whales are magnificent animals with just as much curiosity about us as we have for them
- Koalas are gorgeous and cute, but have big claws and don't smell very nice!
- Kangaroos can be a bit intimidating (the big ones anyway)
- I love trams, especially the ones in Hong Kong and San Francisco
- Clam chowder is wonderful when made properly in the US
- there are lots of homeless people in San Francisco
- Cairns is not as nice as I thought it would be, but Port Douglas is far, far better. Wonderful place!
- San Francisco is one of the best cities I have ever visited: so much variety and individuality and no pretentions
- calves are very slavery when sucking your fingers...
- tour guides are generally nice people, but can be full of .......
- I need to learn to swim, as the snorkling was great
and finally
- the world is a wonderful place 😊
Here are a few piccies of the end of the trip. Thanks for reading the blog

lots of love
Barbara x

---

Photos

on the tram
streets of san francisco

Alcatraz
alcatraz at night