Back from holiday

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 08:37:58 GMT

So I got back from overseas today. I'm currently fuming cause the airline lost our bags somewhere between Hong Kong and Wellington. Probably during transfer at Auckland. Hopefully they'll turn up cause literally half my clothes are in that bag as well as all the stuff I bought overseas. *sigh* I knew it'd been going too well.

Anywho...the rest of the trip was good. After Christmas we left London and drove round Southern England (Bath, Brighton, Eastbourne etc) to see various relatives. The ones in Bath were actually pretty cool - mum's cousin Brian had three daughters, two of whom were about my age. Well my age and 19.

After seeing various peoples we went to Hong Kong. It was different. Really really alien. Absolutely packed full of people. Its got some ridiculous density like 6000 people per kilometre so pretty much everywhere I turned there was a sea of heads at chest height. Incredibly clean though - unsurprising given they fine you about $100 NZ if they catch you littering. Also incredibly polluted. The smog was so thick it was pretty much like a constant mist and small flecks of pollutiony stuff collect inside your nasal passages so mucus comes out black when you blow your nose. And everyone breathes like an asthmatic. It was like walking through Mt Vic tunnel all the time. On the other hand it was warm. After the 0 degree highs of Europe, Hong Kong's 'mid-winter' 20 felt like a sauna.

Anyway, I shall try to see people again now I am back so I can bore you all at length with tales of irritating tourists from Idaho, Lousiana, California, Florida and Australia (spot the odd one out).

Mike

Back from holiday