Welcome to anyone reading my blog, hopefully some people will be. It will get more interesting soon, once I've actually travelled somewhere, I assure you! Flying tomorrow. Kinda scared now, since I found out the place we're staying in Hong Kong is in Chungking Mansions. Photo is attached, from Wikipedia. It's this massive building containing about 80 hostels, as well as restaurants, shops, money changers and people selling fake watches and other things I don't...

I'm still in the UK. Leaving on Monday. It is now Friday, which means I have 3 days left here. On Tuesday I heard about the earthquake in Christchurch as soon as I woke up. It has been shocking for many reasons. I think something like that serves as a harsh reminder that no matter how developed we think we are as a species, no matter how much money we have, we cannot overcome nature. We don't know enough and we're not powerful enough. My thoughts are with t...

I have just set up my blog. This time next week I will be on my way to Hong Kong! A number of people have asked me to write a blog, so here it is. Lucinda