Stuff wot I has lernt so far Hong Kong Getting drunk on a long haul flight is not good for jet lag Hong Kong smells funny Hong Kong is the city that London wants to be – but isn’t People eat funny things in Hong Kong The Chinese are very helpful and polite people The Chinese people need to be told what to do otherwise they panic Having natural light is considered an upgrade in Hong Kong There is no Chinese culture – they have sold it (brown sign E...

Sydney is several degrees warmer than Melbourne at this time of year and there has been a lot of sunshine whilst we have been here, which has contributed to a general uplift in the Pugh family mood. Despite the eye watering prices from everything to travel tickets to beer (it cost us about £22 to play a game of ten pin bowling!) we have managed to have a good time in our couple of days in the city. Even Angus has cheered up and he seems to finally be getting ove...

Melbourne is very much like Europe in many ways as it was cold and wet on our last day. It was so much like being at home that Angus refused to get out of bed and there was a small family disagreement. However this was followed by a trip to a market where I may have got slightly over excited by the variety of dried meats and vegetables on offer. After being dragged back from several stalls and being denied the opportunity to purchase half a cow and a little bi...

This may be my last blog as I enter the realms of the unwell. My family tell me I have a cold but I know better. I have clearly caught something terrible in Hong Kong and may not last the night – cough cough splutter. Thankfully we have now left the Kong (as we old hands call it) and flew through the night to a very cold but crisp Melbourne. It was impossible to sleep on the flight so we all arrived at 8.00 in the morning having had no sleep and feeling a l...

Hi everyone Today was our last full day in China we decided to visit one of the outlying islands called Lamma there were LOADS of bikes there most of them were rusted up. There was a walk there which was a quite easy walk but had some steep bits. There were two beaches along the way which were not very nice at all they had to have a shark net around the beach so no sharks could attack anyone on the beach which was slightly disturbing but the walk in total was fu...