Well the big day finally arrived. I had to get up early and just have pastries for breakfast before heading to the salon. My mom and I had to be there at 9. I was there for hair, manicure, pedicure, and make-up (although at the time I wasn't sure that the make-up was going to work out). They started working on my hair and nails at the same time...

we loved Hong Kong. Stayed with Chris and Amber. going back in July

Just showing you the first day of our stay in hk.. mostly pics.. see us being tourists.. and being bored at the immigration centre.. see our id pics that we paid only $20/pp to do? while in aus it was $20AUD EACH person?? -- which got rejected cos the background was too grey!!!!

Only have a few minutes before we catch a flight to Ho Chi Minh City and then on to Siem Reap, but wanted to update everyone on the travels so far. Sorry, photos still to come. It's been a fantastic whirlwind tour. I arrived to meet Angie, Rebecca and Suzanne late Tuesday night. Yesterday we took the Star Ferry to a scrumptious dim sum brunch at...

After a very hectic weekend, which saw a generally lazy me, encounter some strange sights, such as the apparently famous congregating philpino maids on sunday, which is comprised of all the maids in Hong Kong, who only get sundays off, taking over the raised walkways in central and spending the day chatting, playing cards and braiding hair, and ...

In Cantonese, Hong Kong (Heung Gong). means "Fragrant Harbor" which was the original name of a precolonial fishing port near Aberdeen. Kowloon, Kao Lung in Cantonese, meaning "nine dragons" derives from an ancient Chinese belief that dragons inhabit mountains. Kowloon has eight peaks. The ninth was named after the boy emperor, Ping, who, because...

We fly out of Hanoi to our last destination before home, and arrive around midday. It gives a nice circular sense to our trip going from developed to underdeveloped back to developed Asia. We checked into the dodgy cheap hotel we'd booked previously, and they offered us o-so-generously a double-room with bathroom...but when we checked out the "d...

Graham was right - the HK airport is very nice - free internet and everything. And the most beautiful orchids growing in the gate areas. Glad to have gotten this far safely, though I had to run through Dallas and LA airports to do it. So, the first test - can she run with her backpack? Yep. Hoping to be safely in a bed soon.

Hong Kong, Sept 2006, went up to Victoria Peak on Hong Kong Island, and the big buddha at Ngong Ping on Lantau Island! Have already told most of you about this, will update later!

What a cracker of a week in Beijing, Probably one of the most insane weeks of my life! I think I have had 4 hours sleep or less everynight and I finished it off last night going straight from the club to the airport! Where to start. The sites to see in Beijing are amazing. Tianamen square in all its communist glory was a sight to see, hundreds o...