Musings on Hong Kong

Well, we've landed after a VERY LONG 10 hour journey from Sydney to Hong Kong .... have seen the sights and sounds of this amazing city for 24 hours and I am enamoured with the place. Given that my brain is in mush mode .... i thought i would try and share a few thoughts while there are still a few brain cells left that work (see, my brain really is mush... that didn't make any sense at all!) ....

• I wish that anyone who had traveled here recently would've reminded me about the swealtering .... nay, stifling humidity. I am thankful to have this time to adjust before heading out to the Philippines ... were it will be even worse!
• Love the self flushing toilets!
• Hong Kong is a city of night. It is about 7:45 and shortly we will be going out to have dinner and then hit the markets
• CityRail could learn something from how the MTR works here .... it is amazing. safe, clean and it all makes sense .... even in a different language.
• Disney translates to any language i believe. Lea has been having a blast (albiet she has despised waiting in lines)
• The ability to build things very, very high blows me away.
• The Chinese, culturally, seem to be a pushy people and i found that very irritating (sorry if that offends .... it is more that we found this a struggle to adjust to)
• The rains is a constant.
• There is a huge constrast between the old and the new .... and yet somehow they manage to live side by side .... the 22nd century technology along side the junk fishing boats.

Tomorrow we may or may not do Disney again .... probably for a few short hours -- we'll see. Always in the back of our minds are the boys .... even as we enjoy and relish these last few days as the three of us. Lea is starting to feel it a bit too ... i think she is starting to understand that when there are the boys .... it's not all about her. Clever girl .... she'll adjust!

Don't know if i'll post again. Sorry there are no pics.

Maggie