Greg and Deb's Travel Blog

Had a later start today which was a nice change, we appreciated the extra sleep.  We met our guide Daniel at 9.30am for a bus tour of Hong Kong Island.  We are staying at a hotel in Kowloon, about 15-20 minutes from Kowloon waterfront.  To get to Hong Kong Island we went in a tunnel under the harbour and headed up to Victoria Peak for the panaramic views of the city and harbour.  We enjoyed the views.

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We were already awake for our 6:30am wake-up call. Bags out by 7:30, on the bus to the airport at 8am. Breakfast was in there somewhere.

An easy drive mostly in the opposite direction to Beijing’s peak hour traffic got us to the airport around 8:45. We were met by our Tour Manager/Guide Melinda. She made sure we all got through the first of 3 layers of security, and it was also handy for her to get her tips. Continue reading →

For those who have been following our China trip, Deb has asked me to do a “and they lived happily ever after.” blog today, rather than the full on “Once upon a time” version. We are both very tired and need to get to sleep earlier than 11:30pm tonight. So here it goes. (If you’re good I might try to do the “once upon a time” version on the flight to Hong Kong tomorrow.) Continue reading →

Another early start today, got a bit more sleep last night ?? Greg doing better today.

We had some lovely company for breakfast this morning, a young woman from Melbourne who worked in the tourist industry and was here for work and a Russian ballet dancer in the Bolshoi ballet. Continue reading →

Wakeup call at 5.30am this morning, really need more sleep.  At the airport by 8am, Plane left at 9am.  All of our flights have been on time in China.  I remember them always being on time in Vietnam when we were there.  Wonder if that is a Communist country thing or if we have been lucky.

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Happy 3rd Birthday Charlotte, looks like you had a great birthday.

For those of you wondering, Greg was a bit sore and achey today, nothing that a few drugs couldn’t ease.   Hopefully tomorrow will be a bit better.

Was a great day today, we were on the bus at 7.30am heading to a park where the locals go every morning to exercise, dance, play music and sing.  Was fun watching them enjoying themselves and encouraging us to join in.  I was in my element taking photos. Continue reading →

This will be a short blog, has been a long day. It is 10.40pm, arrived at hotel 40 mins ago. Feeling pooped and we have another long day ahead of us tomorrow.

We left the river boat at 8.30am this morning.  I enjoyed our time on the boat, was relaxing and interesting watching the world go by.  Think Greg thought the 3 days were a bit long.

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Happy birthday Eileen/Mum, we hope you have a fantastic day.

We are now nearly 1300km from Shanghai and about 300km (as the crow flies) from where we started our cruise. Continue reading →

We woke in time this morning to go to the Tai Chi session on the top deck. It was an interesting half hour, mostly attended by westerners. I was surprised how flexible I was/wasn’t!  Some movements were much easier to do than others, Deb thinks she might be a bit sore tomorrow morning, I’m still in denial. Continue reading →

The start of the first full day on board the Century Sun.

Thankfully we didn’t wake much before 7am, it was a restless nights sleep but at least we slept in a little. We opened our curtains just in time to see the last of the sunrise, the light through the “fog/mist/pollution as reminiscent of a chinese painting. Continue reading →