Hong Kong

Okay, so I don't think I'll ever be in the right frame of mind to tell y'all about Hong Kong!! I think Mary and I had a fabulous time, despite the acute bronchitis that my stupid, measly, crappy cold turned into, thereby making my life a living hell and draining me of all energy! I know this sucked for Mary, cos she was stuck with a sick chick in one of the most exciting cities in the world! Despite that, we got to see loads... but I found the pace of the city too frenetic! I know I would have enjoyed it more if I'd had more energy and didn't have the locals staring at me like I was single-handedly re-introducing SARS into the general population whenever I coughed (which was just about every minute or so! And nothing nice and ladylike, uh uh... totally gross, exhausting, phlegmy, painful coughing! So I don't really blame folks for treating me like a pariah and, on one memorable occasion, even changing seats to get away from me!)... There went ALL my hopes of meeting some rich bloke, with his own helicopter and yacht! Sighhhhhhhh!!

Mary was fantastic, she dragged my sorry arse around and without her I would not have seen half as much as I did!! I felt terrible, because it was supposed to be a team effort but in the end it really all fell on her! Mary, YOU ROCK BABY!!!!

Anyway, we saw a lot of Hong Kong island itself and a little bit of Kowloon, but I think my favourite days were when we went to Lantau to see the giant statue of Buddha and to Lamma the gorgeous little fishing island! It was a fabulous change of pace from the city and a lot more relaxing! All in all, I'd say that it was a pretty good vacation, despite our lack of genkiness (Mary had her own ailments! Jaysus, we must be getting old!)...

I'll let the pics do the talking!! They're all mixed up! The ones at the bottom were taken the first few days! And these ones just below were taken on our last two days!! Thanks to Mary for the use of some of her pics (specially Bruce Lee, the flamingoes and a few shots of me!)...

Final Night

Bruce Lee - Kowloon

Final Night

Lantau

Eating out

Random Tall Building

Mary and the dragon

A bossy bird!

Mary chan

Mary in a bikini - Lamma Island

Lamma Island

A butterfly on Lamma Island

bananas - Lamma Island

Buddha's Birthday Lights

Mary and I - Victoria Peak

Mary - Lantau

Cosying up to Jackie Chan

We found a South African restaurant on Lantau Island - random huh?

It was called The "Stoep"

We couldn't resist posing beneath our National Flag (and Namibia and China's)

Mary - Lantau

A sweet family pic - Lantau

Mary the Model

Po Lin Monastery Ngong Ping - Lantau

Ngong Ping - Lantau (kids bathing Buddha)

More Ngong Ping

Ferry to Lantau

Gasp! Wheeze!! YOU try it when you have bronchitis!

Us

Mary on the ferry to Lantau

Trying to open bottle of alcohol without a BOTTLE OPENER!!!

Uh?


Ferry to Lantau

Museum of Hong Kong History - Kowloon

From the ferry to Kowloon

Stanley Market - Stanley Bay

Stanley Bay

Buying a dragon

Stanley Bay

The First Ferry port

At the port

Mary and the dogs - Lantau

Flamingoes - Kowloon

A junk

My favourite picture - Lantau