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The Halfway Mark Bangkok, Thailand On Tuesday night we arrived in Bangkok. Wow! What a place! We had been warned but it was still a shock after the peace of Laos! For one thing they've actually got proper motorways, even Vietnam didn't have those I had forgotton what they looked like! It's also strange seeing high rise buildings as even Ho Chi MInh and Phnom Penh didn't have those! Our Guesthouse is certainly not one of our favourites. The sign outsisde proudly states "K.S Guesthouse your home away from home!" That would be fine if you lived in a grubby hovel! It's not that bad though and all the basics are reasonably clean and we haven't seen a cockroach yet (unlike Cambodia, where we had to hunt one down that had crawled into our room and pummel it to death!) There is just so much shopping on offer though, and we haven'y even been that far yet! We're not very far fron the Koh Sahn road, the famous tourist area where anything goes. We haven't been down there at night yet and I can't wait to see a ladyboy! Today we have been to the royal palace to see the emerald budda (he's not actually emerald just jade!), what I liked most about that was though is he gets different outfits for the differnt seasons! Then we walked to the big temple with the humungous reclining budda (he's gold and doesn't get new outfits, which I think is a bit mean) Just going to take it easy for the rest of the afternoon and escape the heat! Should be going on some trips this week, there are a few options so we'll write soon and let you know how it goes. written by  corinne_sarah on March 8, 2007 from Bangkok, Thailand from the travel blog: Thirteen weeks Send a Compliment comment on this...

Shopping, shopping and a bit more shopping! Bangkok, Thailand We are loving Bangkok! It was the place we were both least looking forward to but we've been having a great time, we fly to Koh Samui tomorrow and our time in the city has just flown by! Friday we decided to beat the heat and go to one of Bangkok's many air- conditioned shopping centres.We got up really early and decided to walk there (it's about an hour away) which was hot work. Air conditioning has never felt so good! The centre itself is absolutley amazing it's just huge you can spend hours on just one level and there are seven, each selling everything you could wish for. It even had a cinema and arcade on the top floor! Aswell as a wealth of restaurants, fast food outlets and coffee shops which was good because as any discerning shopper knows spending money is exhausting! It was quite different from our centres and kind of still follows the asian tradition of market stalls. Everybody has a little section all on one huge floor and you can do a bit of bartering which is a little odd! (If we're not careful we'll find ourselves doing it in tesco's when we get back!) Each floor sells different things and you can walk round and round and still find new places, or stalls that you didn't see before. So we ended up doing it all justice and geting through a few days budget - oops! You seriously can't help it though they have such bargins, but as a wise person once said (probably my mum) it's not a bargin if you don't need it! Anyway we decided we needed everything! After a while our feet and purses were in need of a rest so we spent an hour trying to find the way out and got a tuk-tuk back home. The next day was Saturday and we had booked a trip, our mini bus was meant to meet us at 7am but was half an hour late (we're used to that by now though!)and off we went. Our first port of call was the war cemetry for all the POW's that died during the Second World War building the death railway. That was quite sad, then we headed to the Jeath Museum which documents the building of the death railway and The Bridge Over The River Kwai and has lots of photos of the horrible conditions the prisoners had to cope with. There was one story, which made me smile, which told of 6 logging elephants who transported the huge sleepers for the tracks. Their Burmese Mahouts died of malaria and nobody could else could get them to work so the poor prisoners had to do it instead! These 6 elephants then basically had the life of riley, getting better food and first dibs on bathing in the river! I suppose you can never get an elephant to do something it doesn't want too!We also got to actually walk over the bridge which was interesting but if you don't like heights or huge gaps I wouldn't recommend it! Then we headed to a small station in the middle of nowhwere for our train ride through hell fire pass (this was where the POW's had to cut rock by hand) We had to wait a bit for the train so we had an icecream and a chat to some of the people in our group, there were two in particular a guy and a girl each tarvelling alone. We all got on well and kind of stuck together for the rest of the day which was lovely and we had a real giggle swapping travel tales (of course now we're in our fourth country we're seasoned travellers!). The train ride was good and we saw some pretty scenery along the river. The train itself was like travelling back in time, it was all wooden on the inside with benches and the windows were wide open so you could stick you're head out! People walk up and down the train with overflowing trays of pancakes,donuts and tropical fruit! After we got of the train it was time for lunch and we headed to the restaurant. Everyone in our group sat round a big table and the food came "family style" which is typically asian, basically everyone gets a plate of rice and the other dishes get put in the centre of the table, so it involves alot of passing things and chatting! written by  corinne_sarah on March 11, 2007 from Bangkok, Thailand from the travel blog: Thirteen weeks Send a Compliment comment on this...

Continued... Bangkok, Thailand It was lovely and the food was gorgeous, plates of beansprouts with tofu and vegetables, stir fried vegatables and a chicken dish with pineapple in a kind of sweet and sour sauce with a bit of a kick. Delicious! Unfortunatley our guide had to hurry us along as time was getting on and there was still so much to do. When we'd booked we went for the trip with the most activities in one day (all the more time for shopping!) and our itinary was: Cemetery, Museum, Bridge, train, lunch, elephant riding, a trip to some water falls and the Tiger Temple. This seemed like no problem when we booked it but I think we had thrown a slight spanner in the works! It involved us having the fastest Elephant ride ever ( the poor elephant was more shocked than we were!) being ushered back to the mini bus and being driven speedily to the waterfalls where we had 10 minutes to climb up and see it while the rest of the group waited for us! Then we headed off to the Tiger Temple. This is advertised as a Temple that works as a Tiger conservation project and basically you can touch and pet semi tame tigers. None of us really knew what to expect but we were all excited at the thought of being able to get up close to a real live tiger. The reality was a slightly bizzare set up. You head off to Tiger Canyon and as you walk round the corner you find yourself in a kind of amphitheatre surrounded by rocky walls, the atmosphere is hushed and there are about eight huge, beautiful Tigers with chains around their neck placed in a kind of circle. They are so laid back and in typical feline fashion don't really care what's going on as long as they're full and comfy! You have to wait in a queue and then you get a guide who takes you by the hand and leads you safely around the tigers, they show you where you can stroke them and you have a few seconds with each tiger. You are absolutley not allowed near their heads and they are distracted if they try to look at you. Any Tiger that is not sleepy or pacing you are not taken near. You can only go round the back of the tigers and often find yorself staring at a huge pair of hairy testicles (they're striped too!). But it is an incredible experiance and there is something so special about tigers. They are so majestic and tolerate the whole thing with that self satisfied aloofness which anyone who owns cats well knows! Then we went off to see the rest of the project which included two really cute tiger cubs. There are litters of warthog running round whilst the mothers wallow in cool mud. There was a small heard of water Buffalo with some very impressive horns, and some very tame deer and goats who you can feed advocados to. All the animals were well fed and happy and it was a nice end to a lovely day. Yesterday we got the sky train to the weekend market in Chatuchak Park. It is immense! After hours of walking round, and spending even more money, we had barely scratched the surface! The prices are amazing and you just can't help yourself! It soon got too hot and too crowded for us so we decided to head to the shopping centre for lunch and our air-con fix! Then we went to the cinema to watch Charlotte's Web! Then we got ready and went out for tea heading to a really nice place that we'd watched the Ireland-Scotland match at the night before. They'd said the England-France match was going to be on so we were looking forward to that. Whilst watching, a group of people sitting at the tables outside got out their guitars and sang everything from the Chillies to the Carpenters which was wicked and to top it all some guys walked passed with the cutest baby elephant ever! Only in Bangkok! written by  corinne_sarah on March 12, 2007 from Bangkok, Thailand from the travel blog: Thirteen weeks Send a Compliment 3 comments...

Being pampered in Paradise! Bangkok, Thailand On Tuesday morning we got up very early to catch our plane to the Island of Koh Samui. Even though Bangkok was fun and certainly an experience, we were both rather relieved to be saying goodbye especially to K.S Prison oops- Guesthouse! We managed to get an earlier flight and arrived on this gorgeous island just after sunrise. It is so lovely to be here and our resort is everything we hoped, clean, spacious and right by the beach! We hit the beach almost immediatley and stayed all day (this resulted in some rather glowing sunburn!). We have also made a friend, a woman who goes up and down the beach with her box of tricks selling massages and manicures. Before we knew it we'd both had a foot scrub and manicure and made promises to have a full massage at some point! She is a perfect example of how charming the people here are- you just can't say no! But it is lovely! When we had arrived the very jolly manager had told us about the BBQ and live music that they were going to have that night, we were quite pleased and headed down later that evening. The food was good the entertainment was not! Firstly we had a Thai lady doing some singing accompanied by dancing girls dressed in very little and doing routines that were more strip club than traditional! But at least this was quite funny, the next act was a British bloke and his Thai sidekick (who was actually brilliant on the guitar) murdering classics by legends like Pink Floyd, Dire Straights and Thin Lizzy aswell a truely terrible version of Lynyrd Skynrd's Freebird which would have had my poor dad in tears! So we decided to call it a night and headed back to our room only to discover we could hear him warbling from there! The next day was more of the same, but this time we sensibly found sunbeds under umberellas with waiter service from the bar behind - perfect! The following day we went on a trip to the marine park and a couple of islands that are national parks. We did some snorkeling in the morning which was fantastic, seeing loads of brightly coloured fish and coral. Then we headed of to the next destination for kayaking. This is where the days gets considerabley less idylic for me. We went off in our kayak on the see and around a rocky island, all was going well and we were looking like experianced kayakers compared to some, ( who couldn't work out how to paddle!) They say pride comes before a fall and we fell quite spectactularly! We were 3/4 of the way round when a speed boat went passed and caused some big waves, we hit the waves at just the wrong angle and capsized! Not to big a deal you might think but when you're in deep water and not athletically inclined like me how the chuff do you get back in? The guide had a brainwave and told me to swim for the rocks and get in that way, fair enough, so I try to stand on said rocks and promptly get stung by a sea urchin. It hurts-alot. I didn't say anything trying not to be a wuss but I thought my foot had come off, Corinne is laughing her head off and I am not amused. Seeing the plan has failed the tiny guide gets out of his kayak and tries to give me a leg up. A friendly australian couple were helping aswell, holding the kayak steady. So the guide is trying to get me to stand on his knee to get back in, all I can think of is the mind numbing pain and how I am about to drown a little man! I just about managed to scramble in in a very undignified manner and the thing capsized again! It did this another two times! (Apparently there was no plug in it and when we capsized the first time the kayak had filled with water which made the balance all off which was why we kept falling out!) Everybody is finding this very funny except me because I am wondering how much longer I've got to live! It all turned out fine and we had a brilliant day lots of helpful people tried to give mne advice including one guy who said I should go to a doctor immediatley and maybe even return to the U.K - no chance, nurse corinne is good enough for me! We had a lovely lunch and swam in the most beautiful sea surrounded by breathtaking views. There were also lots of really cute monkeys. Once our time was up there we headed to the next protected Island to see a salt lake ( I couldn't hike up to see it with my bad foot so had to sit on the beach some more- oh dear how awful!) then we headed back. We've had another tough couple of days relaxing and reading which is utter bliss! We'll catch up with you all soon. written by  corinne_sarah on March 18, 2007 from Bangkok, Thailand from the travel blog: Thirteen weeks Send a Compliment 3 comments...

Storms and Stones. Bangkok, Thailand Our time in Thailand is nearly at an end and we can't believe how quickly three weeks has passed. Basically since the last time we wrote to you we have done very little except sunbathe, swim, read and eat! It's been marvelous! We have had a little excitement though in the shape of a rather spectacular storm. One day last week (we don't know which!), we headed to the beach as normal. There was an ominous black cloud over the sea, but as this is an island there are often little showers which pass very quickly and we ignored it. Then we noticed a grey funnel shape emerging from the clouds, we looked at each other and said that looks like a whirlwind! Still not bothered we went back to reading, but the sky was getting blacker and blacker and the funnel was getting longer and wider. We decided we definatley needed to take a bit more notice and watched in facination as this thing got bigger and bigger and was coming forwards with tremendous speed. It looked as though it was coming straight for us, it was then that we saw it had now reached the sea and was pulling the water up. I am off the sunbed and packed in about two seconds flat, Corinne on the other hand is still lying on her sunbed, in her bikini watching this thing like it's on telly. "Eh, Coz", I said, "It's coming straight for us do you think we should move?" "Nah, if you get caught in a twister you just hang on tightly to something, we'll be alright." We'll hang on to something?! I am beginning to think she's had a little to much sun! Any way, It veared off at an angle and appeared to blow itself out when it hit land. That wasn't the end of it, we then had a monsoon. We ran to the nearest bar and drank beer all afternoon, watching torrential rain, gales and thunder and lightening rage outside. It was pretty exciting! The day after it was still rainy so we decided to go for a walk to a local tourist attraction. Grandmother and Grandfather rock, two rock formations which bear uncanny resemblances to male and female genitalia! That was good fun and we had a laugh! And that has been pretty much it! The other highlights have been getting massages on the beach and finding a lovely place that doea the most scrumptious breakfasts! Tomorrow is our last day and then we fly to Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday which means we'll be busy again! written by  corinne_sarah on March 25, 2007 from Bangkok, Thailand from the travel blog: Thirteen weeks Send a Compliment 2 comments...

Adventures in Kualur Lumpur Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia We safely arrived in Malaysia last Tuesday afternoon a little dazed and confused. We were up at 3.30 am to get our early flight from Koh Samui to Bangkok and from there to KL city. Arriving in a new place can be daunting and so far we've been sensible but exhaustion got the better of us and when approached by a friendly cab driver we just followed him, longing only to flop on our guesthouse beds! Now we have been warned only to get official airport taxis as there is a fixed fee so they can't rip you off plus they actually take you where your supposed to be and not where they'd like! However the warnings went out of the window and we followed this guy for what seemed like miles (KL airport is immense!) into a multi-storey carpark (alarm bells are beginning to ring!) and to a normal looking car with no sign that it was a taxi. He'd avoided anwering us several times when we asked him how much it was (should be no more than 70 ringett) when we finally got there he got out his home-made price list (laminated for extra effect) and told us it would be 250 R! We were just horrified, we were tired, carring really heavy rucksacks and had just followed him for about 300 miles! After seeing our shocked faces he obviously took pity on us and came down to 150. We just agreed, it was far easier! Let me tell you that extra 80R was worth it just for the entertainment! He was a real character and talked very loudly for the entire hours journey! He has a British girlfriend and told us how much he loved England but how expensive and cold it was. We also discussed everything from the Tsunami to David Beckham with him still shouting at approximatley 10 minute intervals " ahh England lovely but very cold, very cold brr!" We eventually got to Number Eight Guesthouse in one piece, after visiting several others for directions! We were really pleased with our room it was comfy and clean and the GH chilled but efficient. Exploring Kualur Lumpur was lots of fun. Malaysia is a really mixed country, they are native malays, Indians and lots of ex pats, which make it a really diverse and interesting place. Also you aren't stared at quite so much as foreigners are not really of any interest! The bad news is it's a very muslim country which makes booze extortionate, one beer is dearer than a meal. After three pints in an Irish pub we'd spent most of our days budget. A bit of a shock seeing a we're used to big bottles of good quality beer for about 50p! There's lots of shoppping to be done and air con shopping centres are a haven from the heat and humidity. On our second day full day there we headed to the Petronas Twin towers, which are now the tallest in the world and the pride of Malaysia. You can go up and walk across the famous sky bridge connecting the towers and look out over the city which is fun. There was also a huge shopping centre, a science centre and cinema. So after our 15 minutes on the Bridge (that's all you get!) we went to see what the science centre was all about. It was so much fun! (It's really for kids) We had a wicked time, touching electricity thingies, talking to each other through an elephant's trunk, going on the dark ride, seeing a fake volcano explode and going on a helicopter simulator to name just a few! Then we went to the cinema to watch stomp the yard, which was great (lot's of very fit young black men dancing with thier shirts off!). It is really hot in KL, as hot if not hotter than Cambodia and there is a couple of huge thunder storms everyday! The city is so green and there are loads of birds and things, it's really clean too. On Saturday we went on a trip to the Genting Highlands. It's a city up in the hills which you get a cable car to right up these huge mountains. It's quite a big deal in malaysia because it's really cool up there, K.L was approx 34 degrees and Genting is 20! There is a casino and theme park. We lost a whole day's budget each playing blackjack (we were doing very well at one stage) with loads of Chinese people. Boy do they take there gambling seriously! This one old lady just kept shouting! There were loads of Bollywood stars there for some awards show including Shilpa! The two older pakistani ladies on our trip talked to her and got a photo on their phones! We walked to the KL tower on Sunday, another of KL's famous skyscapers. The observation platform was much higher and you can walk all the way round and see the entire city and off into the mountains. Yesterday we got the bus from Chinatown to that Batu caves, a huge Hindu shrine just outside the city where they have some ceremony once a year and thousands of people climb the 200+ steps with weights attatched to body piercings (ouch!). That was pretty cool, the caves are facinating. The monkeys are even better! They are so cute, but fierce and they know that people are scared of them and just seem to take great pleasure in torturing those who are most afraid! If you just act calm and normal they ignore you! We got back to the city did a bit more shopping, just to cool down you understand! Then we walked to Mederka Square, a bit boring and then went to look at a mosque where we had to don robes and headscarves! Very fetching! Today we have arrived in Kota Kinablu, the main town in Malaysian Borneo and we can't wait to get stuck in here! We'll give you another update soon. written by  corinne_sarah on April 3, 2007 from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from the travel blog: Thirteen weeks Send a Compliment 3 comments...

Jungle fun! Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia Greeting all! Sorry it's been a while but we've been rather busy and out of the way in Borneo! Have been having a wonderful time, this place is so beautiful I don't think that I can convey it through words alone but I'll give it a try. We have done so much I'll have to be brief otherwise we'll be here all day! At the last entry we had just arrived in Kota Kinabalu, the main city in Sabah (Malaysian Borneo). After Bangkok and KL this place seemed tiny! It's lovely though, right by the sea which is very blue and inviting! Our guesthouse is very basic, but Ok and the staff are very friendly as is everyone here. Our first day was spent looking round the town, booking a trip for the following day and getting the bus to the local beach to watch the sunset which was very enjoyable. The next day, Thursday, we embarked upon said trip. I have to say I was rather anxious about the excursion we had booked (it was another Miss George special). When we popped into "Borneo Beach Bums" and spoke to the very helpful Mr Henry Chung, he informed us thta we could do white water rafting which was something we'd wanted to gve a shot in Laos but never had the chance. There were two options, a beginners one on a river I can't remember the name of which was a level 1-2 and Padas river a level 3-4. They only go up to level 6! I was quite happy to do the beginners one, but we all know that challange is Corinne's middle name and she persuaded me to do padas, so we booked it. Whenever people asked us where we were going the next day and we said "white water rafting on Padas river", they stared at us and said "are you crazy?!" Uh oh! Anyway, we got up early the next morning, and met our guides and got on the coach. I had envisioned spending all day on a raging river, but we were informed that rafting would only take 2 hours and the guide totally put my mind at rest, they were really professional and very relaxed which rubs off. There were even people who couldn't swim! It turns out that the real challange of the mighty Padas lies in getting to the chuffing place! We were on our comfy, air con coach for 2hours and were then dropped off at Beauford train station for the next portion of the journey. This is because there are no roads! We were warned that we'd either have to fight locals for seats or share the cargo cars with chickens and and various other produce, and that the train can be up to two hours late if it turned up at all! Oh great! When the train eventually arrived, late, it was so ancient I was genuinely surpised it didn't have steam coming out of it! There was a mass rush to get on and we ended up in a rather filthy cargo car, fortuanatley without chickens but with lots of boxes and bags of stuff which people just sit on! There are just holes where the windows and doors should be so you can sit with your legs dangling out if you so wish! The journey is 2 hours and not exactly smooth. It is seriously in the middle of nowhere. The stations are tin huts which just look like they're in the forrest. I don't even know how people know they are there! We eventually got to base camp where we left all our bags and then got back on to head a further 10k to the starting point where you get fruit, water, your life jacket, helmet, pep talk and scared to death! We were assigned a group and guide who was a cheeky chappy and walked down to the bank to face the music. There began the best ride in the world ever! You get a couple of trial rapids first, they are bad enough! Then you hit the big ones with names like scooby doo, cobra and my personal favorite, the washing machine! At first I would not paddle and just held on for grim death! But I soon started to trust the guide and the water and it was great. I managed, by sheer luck, not to fall out but Corinne got nailed! We were on the water for 2 hours and then we got back to camp and had lunch. Then it was time to get back on the train and head home. A great day! The next day we'd booked a boat to Manukan Island, part of five islands which are a national park. This was for a day on the beach and snorkelling. We weren't disapointed. The beach was stunning and the water was incredible! I have never seen water like it and it was teeming with tropical fish. The next day, Saturday, it was time to pack up and head east to Sandakan and Sepilock Jungle resort, just 5 mins away from the famous Orang utan rehab centre. We were so excited. Again everything was fantastic, the resort was amazing. Set in gorgeous grounds and surrounded by the jungle it was perfect. On our first full day we headed straight to Sepilock to see the great apes. Wow! It was magicical. There is just so much to say but it's impossible to write! It was mostly youngsters on the feeding platform who come out of the forrest for their milk and bananas and they are so funny! Thier gestures and mannerisms are so human it's actually a bit freaky! They were beautiful! With one ticket you get to go in for both feeding times, 10am and 3pm. The afternoon feed was very funny as the Pig-tailed Macaques (monkeys) decided to try their luck with the bananas and put on quite a show! Tuesday, we went into Sandakan town, not that impressive sadly so we didn't stay too long! On Wednesday we had booked an overnight trip to the Kinabatangan River for a Jungle adventure. This was amazing. It's one of the best things to do in Borneo. Basically you go in a mini bus which takes you to the river, there you are transported across on a rather tiny boat to the jungle lodge. The sounds are so loud and its wonderful to hear all the birds and insects. We were shown to our room which was rather basic but very eco-friendly and had lots of screens to keep the bugs out! Then we headed to the dining room for tea and coffe before our afternoon wildlife cruise down the river. There we met Nelson, the main guide there who I am now madly in love with! He was great as are all the guides and they really know their stuff. Thier job is to point out wildlife to you on the way and they try to get you as close to it as possible. One of the highlights is to see the Borneo Pigmy Elephants who can be found nowhere else on the planet. We didn't get to see them, but they were close as we could see their tracks and even smell them. The guides tried their best but sadly to no avail. However we did get to see loads! Including lots of macaques, long-tailed and pig-tailed, Egrits, black herons, kingfishers, Hornbills, a Fish Hawk, a family of Proboscis monkeys, an Orang-utan, monitor lizarards, a yellow ringed mangrove snake, a Greenichai Eagle and crocodiles! We sailed back in the dark as we'd spent so long looking for the Elephants and saw a spectacular sunset. We had our evening meal, fighting bugs and bats and the guides provided entertainment. Then at 9pm we went on a night jungle walk which was very exciting and spooky! We didn't see much apart from an enormous spider, ants, some really cute birds who were trying to sleep, and millipedes. Oh I forgot to mention the leeches! Nearly everyone got one including Corinne! (She was very brave!) I had 4 on my socks which hadn't been able to get through phew! Then it was time for bed and all night I thought big spiders were coming to eat me! We were up the next morning at 5.30 am for our morning cruise (things sighted included above) then we had our breakfast and a chat and came back to sepilock! That afternoon and the following day we chilled out just absorbing our lovely surroundings and then Friday we went back to see the Orang-utans. There are a few walks to do in the forrest at the centre and one to the water hole had been recommended so after the morning feed we began our hike. It was fab. The best thing was we saw some Orangutans close up! A group of four were crashing through the trees above us and came really close! It was unbelievble! The walk was good but rather hot work! On the way back to the reception and cafe, a group of macaques had commandeered the walkway! We spent some time with them, they come really close, and watched the babies play. The interesting thing was trying to get passed! We had some luch and then headed back for the afternoon feed. It all looked a bit quiet at first but then we hit the jackpot. All our favorites came including the dominant female and her baby! Seriously cute! I want one! Then today we had to head back to Kota Kinabalu. We've got a couple of days here and then we fly to Hong Kong on Tuesday. written by  corinne_sarah on April 14, 2007 from Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia from the travel blog: Thirteen weeks Send a Compliment 2 comments...

Only five days to go! Hong Kong (historical), Hong Kong Just a quick posting to let you know that we arrived in Hong Kong on Tuesday evening. We were very reluctant to leave Borneo as it was so amazing and the weather forcast for HK looked dire! We arrived to a very overcast city and a temperature of 28 degrees which seemed positivley cool compared to the mid-thirties we've been used to! But it's really nice here, again our guesthouse is fine and people are very friendly and helpful. We haven't done much yet, yesterday we had a walk around Causeway bay which is where we are staying on HK island. We went to victoria park which was lovely and saw people doing Tai-Chi! Had a look at the harbour and a couple of Chinease temples and then hit the shops, stopping off at a chinease cafe for an interesting but lovely lunch! After a busy afternoon of shopping and going to the cinema, we went to find a decent beer and stopped at the east end brewery for happy hour! We're in HK Central Library at the moment which is huge and kind of a dream come true for me! We're heading to HK Central later to see what's there and are meeting Corinne's good friend Karen for Dinner at a chinease restaurant which we're looking forward to. We can't believe how quickly this time has passed and we've had a remarkable time, but we're excited about seeing you all very soon! written by  corinne_sarah on April 18, 2007 from Hong Kong (historical), Hong Kong from the travel blog: Thirteen weeks Send a Compliment 2 comments...

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