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| The contrasts of Hong Kong |
Yes, we have finally arrived
home and back at Lake Tarawera and what a right royal welcome the weather gods
have turned on. Unbelievable clear blue skies, hardly a breath of wind and
temperatures in the low 20’s…just perfect.
We had a good trip home with a
day and a half stopover in Hong Kong. Took Ian into the city by train from the
airport hotel for a real culture shock for him, his first visit to an Asian
city. The city was rather smoggy and after meandering the harbour and the city
streets, dodging people and vehicles he was rather pleased to get back to the
hotel and a shower and feet up before our early evening flight back to NZ.
Great to catch up with all the
family and the grandies seem to have shot up over the past 4 ½ months. Stayed
with Heatherbelle (Ian’s Mum) who turns 90 next month and followed the blog on her
iPad, she is amazing.
Drove back to the lake yesterday
and our wonderful neighbours had opened up the house and put a bowl of fresh
roses on the table, and a fairy even weeded the vegetable garden….thanks Andy.
Now it is time to settle down
and enjoy summer, family and friends before returning to pick up Ruakiwi at the
end of April next year and continue on with our meandering journey through
Europe. I had some issues with getting my blog loaded at the end as discovered
that the laptop was having a wonderful time chewing through the data –
something I will need to sort out before next year.
PS…..Wednesday and a bit late getting this last post up, record
temperatures yesterday and first swim of the season. Roll on summer.
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| Harrods at Heathrow |
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| Hong Kong |
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| Ian was amazed at the bamboo scaffolding! OSH would have a field day. |
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| Selfies....they spend hours getting it right! |
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| Aidan and Ella enjoying having Poppa home! |
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| ..and it's great to be home!!! |
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