Hong Kong

The last leg of the trip has us in Hong Kong for a few days, just to break the journey. I was a bit worried to be honest, kids don't like spicy food, jet lag, don't speak the language...

star ferry from Hong Kong to Kowloon

We're staying in the Hong Kong YMCA, honestly, and its great, cafe, restaurant, swimming pool, suite overlooking the harbour, we get a few hours sleep and the kids tuck into egg fried noodle and chocolate shakes, I start to relax

flower market

bird market

and goldfish market !

we pick up a dragon T-shirt, good price

We take The Peak Tram funicular cable car right to the top for the views over Hong Kong Island

it goes 1365 meter straight up, 27 degree angle

great views at the top

Hong Kong was really good to us, no need to worry really, travelling with kids here is great, people are friendly, huge groups of women would surround Tara squeezing her checks and feet, very bemusing. The stable diet of plain noddles and shakes kept the kids happy.

sea cucumber, pigeon and chickens feet salad

Ocean Park is a massive theme park, struggling to compete with HK Disney Land, until China gave it 2 giant pandas, LeLe and Ying Ying, you can watch them sleep live on webcam,

Whiskers, the waving sealion

the wrong trousers

hair raising roller coaster rides

the gondola lift is enough thrills for me

feeding time

We're here for the aquarium, a 4 story aquarium no less

sting rays, leopard sharks, guitar fish...its a massive tank

There's also sea lion pier, a chinese sturgeon tank, a massive jelly fish tank, dolphin theater and killer whale show, hmm, not sure about that, luckily we don't have time...got a plane to catch, so jet of to the UK

so long Hong Kong