Here at last

Well finally we landed at Hong Kong after a hell of a long time in the air. Air NZ were great though, the service and food were excellent but it was still a cramped economy class seat. Tom and Jenny managed quite a lot of sleep, Susan managed a few hours and I managed an hour or so.

HK Airport is great, very new and modern, we took the airport train to HK central then caught a cab for the 15 min journey. I was put in the front and I eventually managed to figure out that the cabs dont have brakes on the passenger side. However, the driver got us to the right place (almost - wrong hotel but just next door) for around 5 pounds including tip. Our luggage was hanging out the boot held down by rope - all very exciting. HK is a stunning city, full of sky scrapers but seems safe and friendly.

The hotel is modern and clean, we upgraded the room for an extra 10 pounds each to a "big" room, would hate to see the smaller ones! We seem to be having a second wind, on the plane I'd have given anything to lie down - now I probably wont sleep so we are going out for a meal then early to bed. We only have a few hours in HK tomorrow before we have to go back top the airport for our next 12 hours to NZ. We'll probably stay here again when we return in 3 weeks time. I am hoping for a little gadget shopping before we go and Susan has discovered tat she brought an empty sunglas case but no glasses so she'll look for them.

Sorry there is no photo here, I sent the last few from my mobile but I cant get the camera to connect to the hotel computer. I'll upload more later.