Thursday 30 June 2005
In three hours we board the flight to Auckland and then it's off home for Chaucey and me.
This morning we arrived in Hong Kong just after breakfast. Our suitcases are checked through to Auckland so we went through Immigration and straight through customs onto the train to the city.
Once we arrived we walked from Central to the Peak Tram terminal. It's not really a tram, it's a cable car and in places must be close to 45 degrees. From the Peak Terminal you get a fantastic view of the city and harbour. We then had a look in the shopping centre at the peak terminal and stopped for a drink. When we came out the fog had rolled in so any chance of getting another look at the view was gone before descending in the tram back to Central.
From there we walked to the Star Ferry and caught the ferry to Kowloon. The ferry cost HK$1.70 each (about 0.35c). Once we got off the ferry it started to pour down. We sheltered outside the Hong Kong art musuem until it eased off a little and then walked over to Nathan Road.
We had a go at haggling with the electronic stores for an I-Pod but found only one that was cheaper than what we found the NZ price was. With the one we agreed a price he checked out the back he found he'd run out of stock and tried to sell us a MP4 player. He said we could pick up the I-Pod at 5pm but it would have cut getting back to the airport a bit fine. I was tempted to buy a new camera but decided against it in the end.
After all that we headed back to the airport. I fell asleep on the train (I had been up for 30 hours by then) and when we got back to the airport Chaucey has found a centre that rents quiet, dark spots for naps. So while she sleeps I have looked through the huge airport and found a free internet terminal where I can update this blog.
So this is it - the last blog post from outside NZ for a while. (At least until the bills that will roll in after we get back are all paid off.) Normal political posting will resume next week, once I properly catch up with what is happening in NZ (although I am pleased that it looks more likely that I've won a bottle of wine for predicting the election date.)
I will post a review of the holiday sometime soon - I've tended to stray away from reporting anything negative while we've been away or really evaluated the places and people.
But I'll give one award for a conversation I heard this morning as I got off the plane. An elderly man, in a wheelchair, was complaining to ground staff that he wouldn't never go back to France again. His problem? - it was that the french don't speak english.
So to the elderly man in the wheelchair gets the "stupidest tourist encountered" award!
This morning we arrived in Hong Kong just after breakfast. Our suitcases are checked through to Auckland so we went through Immigration and straight through customs onto the train to the city.
Once we arrived we walked from Central to the Peak Tram terminal. It's not really a tram, it's a cable car and in places must be close to 45 degrees. From the Peak Terminal you get a fantastic view of the city and harbour. We then had a look in the shopping centre at the peak terminal and stopped for a drink. When we came out the fog had rolled in so any chance of getting another look at the view was gone before descending in the tram back to Central.
From there we walked to the Star Ferry and caught the ferry to Kowloon. The ferry cost HK$1.70 each (about 0.35c). Once we got off the ferry it started to pour down. We sheltered outside the Hong Kong art musuem until it eased off a little and then walked over to Nathan Road.
We had a go at haggling with the electronic stores for an I-Pod but found only one that was cheaper than what we found the NZ price was. With the one we agreed a price he checked out the back he found he'd run out of stock and tried to sell us a MP4 player. He said we could pick up the I-Pod at 5pm but it would have cut getting back to the airport a bit fine. I was tempted to buy a new camera but decided against it in the end.
After all that we headed back to the airport. I fell asleep on the train (I had been up for 30 hours by then) and when we got back to the airport Chaucey has found a centre that rents quiet, dark spots for naps. So while she sleeps I have looked through the huge airport and found a free internet terminal where I can update this blog.
So this is it - the last blog post from outside NZ for a while. (At least until the bills that will roll in after we get back are all paid off.) Normal political posting will resume next week, once I properly catch up with what is happening in NZ (although I am pleased that it looks more likely that I've won a bottle of wine for predicting the election date.)
I will post a review of the holiday sometime soon - I've tended to stray away from reporting anything negative while we've been away or really evaluated the places and people.
But I'll give one award for a conversation I heard this morning as I got off the plane. An elderly man, in a wheelchair, was complaining to ground staff that he wouldn't never go back to France again. His problem? - it was that the french don't speak english.
So to the elderly man in the wheelchair gets the "stupidest tourist encountered" award!
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