Going well till ...

Kayaking was great fun till Jack spotted a crab in the water. He chased it and then in the space of 5 minutes the following happened.

• Jack stood on a piece of coral and cut his foot
• He grabbed the crab but it also grabbed him and made him bleed
• He took his good sunglasses off and I used them to open the crabs claws
• I put the sunglasses on Jacks kayak and he then got in the kayak
• He fell out of the kayak and the sunglasses fell into the sea
• He looked for the sunglasses and stabbed his hand on a sea urchin

Surprisingly he was in quite a good mood about it all!

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Jacks first full day in HK

The day Jack landed in Hong Kong we went to the Bridge pub, the Hay Hay restaurant and then the cinema. Jack was not very tired because he had slept on the plane however I gave him one of my allergy tablets and it had the effect of an elephant tranquilizer on him.

The next day we went to the revolving restaraunt and then Shek O Beach and the weather was amazing and really unusual for a month that typically has the highest rainfall.

We also went to the local arcades for a while too. Nikki said she has never felt like such a nerd.

Today (Friday) we are having Dim Sum and then going kayaking in Sai Kung.

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Sunny

My little brother has arrived in Hong Kong and the weather looks good for his short 5 day stay!

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My travel plans are....

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Gifts

A good friend of mine called Mariel has recently left Hong Kong to go to law school. She has a Chinese boyfriend and if you want to see Mariel and Chinese boyfriend posing and pouting then click here.

As Mariel packed her bags and cleaned her flat we all sat watching her and wondered what it will be like to pack our own bags and leave Hong Kong. We asked various questions, one of which was what the final dinner was like with the Chinese boyfriends family.

"Well it was really nice", she replied. "There was no weird shit on the table this time and everyone was really friendly. His mum gave me a cashmere shawl as a gift and I gave her some dried scallops to say thanks".

That's right, in Hong Kong the best gift you can get someone to say thanks are dried scallops.

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Multiple Markets

Pictures from my trip to the flower, bird and fish markets in Hong Kong.

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Tuesday night fun

Tuesday night seemed like a good evening to collect our travel documents and board a boat to Macau which is basically a very extravagant country sized gambling den.










After spending the whole night gambling, Nikki and I returned to Hong Kong at 6am and this is what Kowloon looks like at 6am from the ferry port.







I decided very early on in the evening that I was not feeling lucky, so I did not gamble more than 200HKD the whole evening.


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