So last night we left a very rainy Christchurch evening and arrived in Hong Kong this morning to…more rain. Buckets of it! It seems we have caught the edge of a monsoon and it has been very wet and windy today – although thankfully not cold. 24 degrees-ish so no drama being wet. You have to make changes gradually I find – like a word puzzle where you change one letter at a time. Christchurch was wet and cold, Hong Kong is wet and warm, so surely France will be warm and dry.
We had a pretty good flight with only a wee glitch at border control when we arrived – I had to wait to be double checked as the Border officer didn’t think my passport photo was me. At the hotel too, the receptionist didn’t know that the passport he was looking at was mine. Jeepers! I guess it is almost 10 years old – and good on him, he said it was because my face was much thinner now lol.
After breakfasting at the airport we dropped our bags at the hotel, but couldn’t have an early check-in so we took the metro to Hong Kong Island and the cable-car to Victoria Peak – talking optimistically all the way that the weather seemed to be clearing. However, on getting to the top, this vain hope could no longer be maintained – not a glimpse of Hong Kong to be seen. What to do? Happily, there is plenty of shopping to be done and a lovely shoe shop in particular where Christine and I both bought shoes.
The Peak is also where the Wonderfish Spa is – something that I was really looking forward to. Initially it seemed that I was going to have to partake in the nibblefest all by myself, but some other tourists there and the lovely staff convinced Chris and Al that it was an experience worth having. It was wicked! When you first put your feet in it really tickles and we all – yes Al too – did a bit of squealing, but you become accustomed to it and then it feels more like a light pins and needles which moves about as the fish do. They have no teeth, they are just a zillion tiny hoovers giving you a good clean. You get a cuppa to sip as they are doing the job and it is very relaxing. The only slight problem is that I now have a bit of a line half way up my calves where the waterline was and they have sucked off a layer of my fake tan lol!
We are back at the hotel now and will have a shower and a bit of a zzz. Hopefully the weather will dry up a bit and we hope to get to at least one of the markets tonight. I’m not too hopeful of seeing the harbour light show tonight, hanging rain clouds meet the fog rising from the water and you can’t see the other side of the harbour. Fingers crossed though – I’ll let you know tomorrow.
