Day 2/3/4/5 Hong Kong 7's

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View from the apartment.

Arrived in Hong Kong in one piece and all credit to Harry who managed to hold back from throwing up, waiting until he had taken 4 steps off the plane!! This meant I had to fight my way back on to the plane, against the flow of passengers to try to retrieve a sick bag which I soon realised was a wasted effort. We soon picked up a red cab to take us to Graeme's apartment in 'The Peak'. (Graeme Torre, good old college friend) .......... didn't appreciate Graeme that according to the guide book 'The Peak' is one of the best residential areas in HK ............ you see Southampton wasn't so bad after all!! ............ "stunning apartment Graeme with amazing views overlooking the harbour". This was to be our pre-adventure 'sanity' stop, to get the children acclimatised to the travelling thing before we start hitting the third world areas ....................... Could backfire big time!!
Next morning jet lag kicked in and we all slept in until lunchtime but woke up ready for The Hong Kong Rugby 7's. We had planned our first stop in HK just in time for the HK 7's and managed to get 5 tickets (in the UK, as all sold out in HK within an hour after release) for us all for the Friday matches. Great afternoons rugby and not only that but somehow Jo managed to 'blag' us into the HKRFU corporate seats! Best seats in the ground next to royalty! ........ How does she do it? .................... As if that wasn't enough we were then treated to full hospitality including a steady supply of free drinks to our seats followed by hot food!! ............ Things couldn't get any better. To round it off the last match of the evening was England v Argentina and England were victorious ....... What a day!

Saturday was spent chilling out, a quick walk to 'The Peak' above Graeme's place, with stunning views of HK, then a trip down to HK Central for a bit of last minute stocking up on the few things we had forgotten to take, topped off with a trip around the harbour. No great incidents today apart from Imogen leaving her only fleece behind while the three children were playing touch rugby in the HK Central Post Office ........... as the PO was so large the children were clearly impressed that such a play facility had obviously been provided as part of the internal design layout!!

IMOGEN: "I just thought it was really different to what England looks like and was really exciting. I liked being there it was just fantastic. If all my friends lived in Hong Kong it would be really fun because the view is really nice and the different coloured lights in the buildings at night were really beautiful ............. some of the streets were a bit smelly though"

Hong Kong was an amazing city and the density and height of buildings was extraordinary, with each one appearing to compete with the other to steal the prize for Architectural presence.

Sunday. Chilled out in apartment before a minor re-pack and heading off for Kathmandu via a stop in Dhaka. Graeme, you will be impressed that the apartment was still in tact when we left despite you allowing an invasion by three Bell children in your absence ........... thanks for your wonderful hospitality.
Somehow I think Kathmandu might have a slightly different effect on the children than the luxury of HK!