Butterfly On Prat Hong Kong

... if you’re that dirty.
8) There will be frequent, free airport shuttle buses, and the maps will be perfectly clear. I will also inform all taxi and car rental companies of my exact location, so they can help my guests.
9) There will be NO UHT milk. Even if you request it. I have my standards. There will also be none of those mangy little milk pots they give you two of to colour your coffee. In fact, if it’s possible, fresh milk and butter ...

... song and dance/mini musical, WHICH I LOVED. It wasn’t totally perfect, but it was so much fun. And you could see the Caucasians that kept returning as Belle, Ariel, Female Monkey No. 2, or Tarzan, Flounder, Strong Male Surfer and so on. But it was a pleasant surprise. It was also much better than the High School Musical float that I ran into outside. Considering how little that stupid movie has to offer in Ireland, I have to wonder what they could possibly see in it over here ...

... we could find on the island, even though we had to sacrifice not having a window for a week.

Getting lost is pretty easy in Hong Kong, everything looks the same, scyscrapers in every direction. We got used to wandering around for half an hour until we would find a sign for Patterson St. The weather was also so lovely and hot that we went swimming with Iain and Sarah in Victoria Park. The lanes were twice as long as we're used to so it was a bit of a ...

... was a lot more commercialized than I had expected. The Peak Tower is a multi-level shopping plaza - complete with cheesy souvenir shops, clothing stores, and restaurants. I was expecting Victoria Peak to be simply a very high look-out point - similar to when I rode the Wellington Cable Car in New Zealand. Trust the Chinese to find some way to make a buck.

While at the Peak, we had the opportunity to see Hong Kong Island during the afternoon under ...

... br>Dim Sum




Ferry across to Kowloon




Precisely 16.05pm 34 sec we worked out how to use the focus button on the camera... finally!




Anthony found he had an eye for detail...




We spent the rest of the day strolling the streets

... was only a fifteen minute walk. The rest of us opted for the longer hike. Which was the scary hike. Mum and Elyse, quit half way. There were parts of the hike that were so steep, and we all had moments were we wanted to give up. The rest of us made it up to the West Peak, and the views were amazing.

... excited to try our weird black sesame dessert! Unfortunately, I was a little ambitious and I poured too much water in the dessert powder, but I thought it was good. Ellie and Georgia's were smoother, thicker, and a lot darker black - it looked kind of like we were eating wet tar - but it was very very sweet, and kind of like a pudding consistency. (if you did it correctly, which I did not). Mine was kind of grainy and was greyer in color...tasty though. ☺

... we got our chance to fill our little dingy the whole way down. It was at this point we realised why everyone was carrying little pink buckets strange how we didn't realise it would be essential to bail out a lot of the water that got into the boat. I used my helmet. After the rafting we went back to the hotel changed and got on the bus to go and get something to eat. We were taken to a little fishing town. Thankfully we had been befriended by a girl called Janet who ...

... the shark nets were damaged and you must not swim. Never mind, a few sharks never hurt anyone. Met up with Cheryl and her fella Darren last night, Cheryl is my sisters best friend who moved to HK a few weeks ago, cheers for sitting thru a second meal guys, sorry we were late! Enjoyed a beer on their rooftop with them in North Point, just a couple of miles up HK Island. Today we are at Johns 5 star hotel chilling by the pool on the 41st floor. Lucys well and enjoyed the steam room ...

... the inside of that lift in a black & white distorted fisheye perspective.

On the wall there's a 'No Spitting' sign in English, Arabic and Chinese, and another notice informing "When there is a fire do not use the lift", as if fires are a regular occurance. I'm sure they're not, because I'd have heard about it by now. This looks exactly like the kind of place that's only one stray cigarette away from being headline news across the world. A cramped ...