Grand Mercure Oriental Ginza Shenzhen

... br><br>I take good care of my gear, but sometimes it gets knocked around, as when I was riding over a "washboard" road in Kenya. Somehow, the battery compartment door on my flash came unhinged. Duct tape to the rescue. If I hadn't had it, I wouldn't have been able to use my flash.<br><br>"There's not much you can do about it," said Boris Donskoy, who designs portable ...

... and attempted to work out the tipping scheme. During our meal, a giant Brit and 2 locals sat down. After some brief conversation between the 3, it became clear that he was a missonary of some Christian nature and the sermon began. Lewey was oblivious, checking the ipod internet with the random free wifi connection we hacked into. Dee is much better aquainted now with confession.<br><br>We found an entire row of mini toy vending machines, Dee's favourite (think the ones outside ...

... out on the town and it was quite amazing.  We got ready and went to an ice bar first.  It was about 30 degrees in this tiny room that could only fit maybe 10 people at the most! They gave us big fur jackets to wear, and we took pictures with all the alcohol bottles in the room. Staci (Annie's daughter) and her friend accompanied us out.  The ice bar was freezing, but refreshing to get away from the hot humidity of outside.  When we left we went to this pool hall to play and drink.  All ...

... t been demolished and rebuilt. His old block of apartments is one of the last left still standing, and looks rather sad amongst all the modern giants towering over it. Then we went to La Salle College where Andre went to school. The old school has been replaced with a new school but wandering around the streets brought back great memories of the fun Andre, David and his friends had in their youth. After that David drove us ...

... pat. The train back was arduous to say the least as we were all pretty 'over' the train. It was late and we all wanted to hit the sack - so when we got off the light rail near our hotel - it was a sigh of relief... Bring on tomorrow... High Tea at the Peninsula Hotel Hong Kong. We slept in to 0700 hours. We have the morning off today - so it is a decision of a swim in the pool or a bit of shopping. We decided to do both. The pool was freezing ...

... Sadly the weather wasn't great whilst I was in Hong Kong, it was quite rainy and misty. However, the sun came out for a while on my second afternoon so I took the opportunity to take the tram up to the top of Victoria Peak. I was gald I took the tram as it was so steep - almost a 45 degree angle! Once at the top there were great views over the city and I could spot most of the 'famous' skyscrapers. Unfortunately ...

... church hall. <br>We recieved so many gifts and food baskets and so many people streamed past to introduce themselves that I thought perhaps we had been secretly married and I had missed the ceremony in translation somewhere. He, he, he.... <br> <br>Oh well, thats all for now. I will keep in touch. The big city in the photos is hong kong and the rest is snow fall in Holland. <br> <br>Lots a love <br> <br>Shan.

... abroad all by myself, though. But I heard that Hongkong is different from the cities which I had travelled, i.e. Singapore and Malaysia. I heard some horrifying stories about Hongkong which I can negate because of my experiences with the locals. I was able to experienced their warm hospitality on the very first day of my tour upon going to Disneyland. The concierge told me to ride E34 bus and alight at one intersection to find another bus to take me to Disneyland park. As ...

Por Shenzhen ser uma cidade de fronteira, uma serie de precaucoes sao tomadas. No caso das praias, a maioria teve que ser fechada pra evitar contrabando, no seu lugar foram construidas instalacoes tipo portos e outras coisas que ainda nao decifrei, como eh o lado oeste e sul de Nanshan o bairro onde moro, que eh uma peninsula e tem mar em tres lados, mas nenhuma praia. No outro lado, o lado oeste, as praias foram aterradas e no seu lugar uma super avenida com cara de rodovia ...

... most expensive goods in the store, but otherwise offer little by way of service. You should remember that if one of the staff is escorting you, another 3 are probably watching them escort you around. Go to a restaurant and there is a hierarchy of employees like you wouldn't believe. Many restaurants employ 3 or 4 pretty girls to stand outside the front door in traditional Chi Pau dresses or satin ball gowns. Their job is to attract and show people in off the street ...