Our first few days

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Took a flight to Hong Kong, which was a great big bustling metropolis full of pollution, noodles, skyscrapers, bright lights, taxis, trams, up market shopping and lots of noise. We really liked it here, though did leave with a bit of a headache and polluted lungs! Went and visited the Big Buddha on the side of a hill near the Buddhist monastery which we enjoyed particularly as they banned all meat on the site! Stuffed our vegie faces with vegie food. Didn't see any monks though, which was a dissapointment as I really wanted to come home saying I'd poked a monk. We did, however, see some monk-eys in Hong Kong zoo which Bec particularly enjoyed as she thought I looked like one of the Orangatans.

We then flew on a domestic plane (stupid Quantas had "run out" of international planes) which was small and didn't have a screen in the back of the seat, to Melbourne. Hmmmm....

Felt really jet lagged so spent a day resting, drinking cider and free tea while watching Aussie tv which is a bit like English tv but with adverts every six seconds. Will explore the city more tommorow.

Good day for now.

Toby and Becky.

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Photos

Hong Kong Skyline
On our first night we crossed to the mainland on a ferry and took this photo...

Big Buddha
The Big Buddha near the Buddhist monastery