FIrst foreign Find!

Happy mother's day, Ma! we are having fun... went on a bit of a tour this morning - took in Victoria Peak, Stanley, Sampan tour on the harbour, that's about all there was to it...

had the best breakfast from a bakery round the corner - they make gorgeous pastries (all very healthly too, apparently). Today's effort cost us about NZ$5. Had dim sum lunch at Stanley, overlooking the harbour - also lovely.

then went back up Victoria PEak on the cable car - big queue to get on, possibly due to mother's day which is quite a big deal here, lots of women toting huge bouquets and family members - and wandered along the trail (the name of which i've forgotten and geoff never knew, beginning with L and i'll remember after i've published this i guess) and found our first foreign geocache. it was very exciting as we had to time it so the (many) people enjoying their stroll didn't see us. Triumphantly lodged our dragon geocoin inside - very fitting as it overlooks kowloon and which we now know means seven dragons.

also Hong kong means fragrant harbour - so we haven't just been lolling about drinking cheap beer (yes quite cheap) and yummy pastries (yes, very yummy) - we are being educated along the way!

Geoff has just read my mean comments above and commands that i delete them. i withdraw and apologise.

we've also been nervously watching the news reports about further airport closures in europe and are trying not to fret. but there is some fretting going on, to be honest.

this post is long because it's HK$30 for 1/2 on the internet and we don't want to waste it...
are loving the public transport - have ticked off double decker bus, harbour ferry, subway and cable car. (and sampan if that counts). i think the only form we've missed is the tram. could happen tomorrow, although we might go across to Lamma island - we'll decide in the morning.

good to know that the sun is shining and birds still singing in Karori and other parts of wellington
more later (hopefully from spain...) xx sal and geoff