Today we decided that we would visit the Wetland Park. We had heard good things about it but none of us had ever been there before. It was a 50 minute drive out into the New Territories, through several tunnels and across some amazing bridges along the way. It is some time since Amanda and Simon have been over this way and they were quite amazed to see just how many more high rise (40 and 50 storey) blocks of flats have mushroomed in new towns we haven't seen bef...

To our amazement it was about 1 o'clock in the afternoon before any of us even stirred. We had slept half the day away!! Our excuse was that we must have needed it. Also it was so dark outside and heavy rain was falling so there wasn't much to get up for anyway! In the end we had a very lazy day, which was thoroughly enjoyable! We decided that we shouldn't spend a whole day without leaving the apartment so in the early evening we went to the FCC to get some dinn...

It was a very grey day today and looked very much like it would rain but, happily for us, the rain stayed away for the time being. We took a taxi into Central and made our way to the IFC builiding. It took us some time to find where we were going, but we eventually found our way to McDonald's where we were meeting our good friend Jocelyn and her little daughter Phoebe for lunch. Julie knows Jocelyn from when she used to visit Hong Kong in the past, but has never...

After her usual breakfast of Weetabix followed by crumpets, .... and then a mince pie, Julie was ready to face the day. We drove into Central and went to Seasons Fitness Gym where Julie waited in the lounge and read her book while Mum did her exercise. Afterwards Simon met us and we all strolled over to Hong Kong Park, just a few minutes walk away. This beautiful park is built on the side of a hill which means that there are lots of steps in every direction and ...

Julie slept very well, and not a trace of jetlag although she still had a nasty cough and cold which she brought with her. We decided to drive over to Stanley and have a look round. Julie was already getting used to crawling in and out of the Saab. Two door cars are not so much fun when you are the one in the back! It was a lovely drive up over Wong Nai Chung Gap and down through Repulse Bay, but not the sort of weather for having the top down even though there ...