Hong Kong

Happiness is waking in a clean bed, with a real bathroom on your 35th birthday ;o) Pleased to be in Hong Kong, we had an easy day. Lloyd had arranged a massage as a special birthday treat which was a great way to start the day, and the Chuan Spa at the Langham is easily the most luxurious spa I’ve ever been in (not that I’ve been in THAT many….). When I got back to the room, birthday cards and a box of British goodies (marshmallows, french fancies, biccies!) were waiting for me from my brother and parents!!! Very thoughtful, of course, but also quite impressive given that we changed our plans last minute and should have been in Shanghai today!

We stayed relatively local today, and took a stroll around some of the markets in the Mongkok area. We both needed haircuts badly, and Lloyd got a good trim while I had about six inches taken off to make it easier to deal with during our adventures. Clean and with neat hair for the first time in weeks, we enjoyed a late afternoon webcam with my parents - the first time we've had a decent connection anywhere. We later had dinner in the hotel restaurant, but not until the hotel had surprised me with champagne and birthday cake! Of course, Lloyd had ALSO arranged a birthday cake, so we ended up with more cake than we knew what to do with.

This is a quick note to let any of you reading (and if you are feel free to post comments, we'd love to know who is reading! Cheaper than a phone call . . . ) that we posted a couple of new entries that may have slipped passed your notice, as we put them in the proper chronological order (so - they went into the middle of the deck so to speak).

They were to catch us up on Russia and getting to the trans-siberian railway - you can find links to them below. Hopefully we will stay up to date from here. . . . but no promises!! You'll just have to check daily . . .

We'll also be posting from here in Hong Kong in the next day or so - we're are immensely enjoying our time here - the hotel, the people, the atmosphere, the city are all more than we expected!

St Petersburg post
http://jacquieandlloyd.travellerspoint.com/49/

Getting to the Trans Siberian post
http://jacquieandlloyd.travellerspoint.com/47/

Lloyd and Jacquie