My House, UK

Aug 15, 2010

The massive clock in the picture above isn't my house - that's Big Ben. At least, the bell inside is called Big Ben. The outer shell doesn't really have a name but it does look nice. Still it's not where I live but it's a picture that best sums up the country where I live, the country I am currently in, and the country I returned to after our year's adventure in China. We had to change rooms for our last night in Hong Kong, because of an unsp...

Macao, Macao

Aug 4, 2010

Today we went to Macau. It's spelt 'Macao' at the top, I know, but I'm calling it Macau because that's the proper spelling. That's the spelling on Wikipedia and that's the spelling I've always known so I'm sticking to it. Even the island itself isnt sure of the spelling, often alternating between the two names in the course of a sentence. I know one thing though: it's definitely not Macaw. In fact we didn't even see a macaw today, it's a kind ...

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Aug 3, 2010

When we visited THE AVENUE OF STARS! a couple of days ago, we saw a shop there where you could buy tickets to visit Hong Kong Disneyland. Now while I don't know that much about Disney, or have seen many Disney films, I thought I knew where the Disney theme parks in the world were. There's Orlando, and Paris, and that was it. Turns out there's one in Hong Kong, and many other places in fact. Obviously Katy already knew, because she's into Disne...

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Aug 1, 2010

Yesterday we mostly just chilled out and explored the area we're living in. We'd heard that we're very close to the harbour so we thought we'd take a walk to see THE AVENUE OF STARS! and maybe look in the Museum of Art if we had the chance. THE AVENUE OF STARS! is the Hong Kong version of the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It shows little stars in the concrete walkway along the edge of Victoria Harbour of famous Chinese stars, some internationally fa...

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Jul 30, 2010

I'm burned. I'm wearing a pair of pale skinglasses and there's a white mark where my watch goes. This morning, Katy suggested that maybe I should put on some sun tan cream. Of course, being a stupid boy, I pitied Katy. Poor Katy, I thought, living in her cotton wool-wrapped world of sun tan cream. So terrified of the "harmful" sun's rays. You can't even see the sun today, it's just cloud. As soon as we got outside Chungking Mansions,...