Hong Kong Day 9

Hong Kong is great - fabulous food, architecture and lots of things to do. We have been to a Hong Kong history museum, a teddy bear kingdom (which the kids loved and the adults hated!) an outside light show with fireworks so enhanced by air pollution to be spectacularly beautiful. We went on a bus trip to see the Big Buddha but got on the wrong bus and went in completely the wrong direction back to where we had started!

The Buddha, when we finally arrived was fantastic. An exceptionally clear day with a blue sky framed it perfectly. The neighbouring monastery provided exotic beauty and yummy vegetarian food.

We have been back on the bank junk boat - which is more like a floating gin palace complete with uniformed attendants who drive the speed boat for water skiing, mind the children while we swim and ply us (me actually) with endless beers - my idea of heaven! Martin is now a competent water skiier but lacks a certain flair (remarkably similar to his snow skiing!)

The kids are being great and coping marvellously with everything. Home life is a bit strange. Kat and Michael only lived in this apartment for a couple of weeks before we arrived and it is immaculate. Kat is obsessively tidy and we have to keep everything and everyone pristinely clean (including Maxi's nose which is doing its usual impersonation of a waterfall). Kat's concerns also means that we are not allowed to cook at home(distinctly too messy). Breakfast is barely tolerated but managed. All other meals have to be eaten out. We are getting used to this and go out early in the morning and arrive home late in time for bath and bed.

The shopping is great and we are really noticing the strong NZ dollar, so off today to buy kids clothes, a watch for Martin (his old one fell off while water skiing) and sun glasses for me (also lost when I fell in the water trying to ski!)

Love to you all. xxx