Some differences I have noticed already between HK and NZ:
1. There are beggars and they all have ripped clothes and often have an arm or a leg missing. One guy I think was pretending to have one missing.
2. There are lots of run down old apartment blocks in the centre of HK as well as [...]
Archive for September, 2008
Hong Kong (1)
Posted in Hong Kong on September 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Getting to HK
Posted in Hong Kong on September 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Today we are catching the plane to HK. Dad dropped us off at the airport and went to return the car to the guys we rented it from
Unfortunately we were travelling on Lufthansa which has useless in flight entertainment and no personal TVs. We got on the plane at 6pm and the flight was 10 [...]
Departure
Posted in Germany on September 30, 2008 | 3 Comments »
In preparation for our flight to HK we ditched or donated everything that we felt we could do without, and still felt that mildly sinking feeling that you get when you survey the result: 5 bulging packs and 2 big bags that feel as tho they are filled with rocks…..plus substantial hand luggage. Fun times [...]
Last night in Europe
Posted in Germany on September 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It was our last night in Germany and we had dinner at a restaurant. By the time we had packed up our packs and got there it was 9pm
I had beef and dumplings and pickled red cabbage (which I gave to mum immediately). Joseph and Paddy had pork and fried onions and potatoes and Dad [...]
Leaving Scandinavia
Posted in Denmark on September 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Driving back from Sweden to Jutland, in Denmark, heading south for Germany we cross the sweeping, graceful bridges that span many kilometres and link Sweden with Copenhagen and then with the island of Odense. We have clear blue skies and on our left are 60 wind turbines, standing deep in the blue sea.
Denmark and [...]
Sweden (3)
Posted in Sweden on September 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The book situation is reaching crisis point. Brian has finally finished his history of Europe book – no light reading for him, no, no, no! – and has stolen one that I have been saving (I can see that “Europe” is going to be my turn next), E and P have read and reread all [...]
Sweden (2)
Posted in Sweden on September 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
More bicycles, flat land, excellent English and soused herring – the south of Sweden is very like Denmark.
While B was at work I got the kids wandering around Lund, a very pretty little university town. When J got sick of that, which didn’t take too long, I sent him back to do some more [...]
Sweden (1)
Posted in Sweden on September 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We are staying in Lund at a Youth Hostel that is an old train that doesn’t move and it’s really cool because it reminds me of the Hogwart’s Express. Three people share a compartment and there are three bunks all on top of each other. It is pretty cramped but there is a ladder on [...]
Denmark – Copenhagen
Posted in Denmark on September 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
We went to Tivoli Gardens which is a theme park in Copenhagen. We weren’t going to go until we saw there was an end of season special for less than half price. Since it is in the centre of the town we decided to go there briefly at first, then look around the town for [...]
Denmark
Posted in Denmark on September 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Flat, tidy, wealthy and friendly, with almost as many bicycles as Amsterdam. And everyone speaks incredibly good English ….the girl on the checkout, the man directing traffic for road works, the passer by whom I accost at the petrol station. Like the Dutch, they subtitle rather than dub English and American programmes on TV (our [...]
