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After travelling in China, which I enjoyed immensely I headed back to Hong
Kong and decided that I would stay there for a few weeks rather than travel to Taiwan. I just couldn't be bothered to be honest
to go to another country dragging my luggage around and having the same converstaions with strangers that at times can drive
you to despair. I don't want to sound ungracious but there's a limit to the anount of times you can be asked what your favourite
food/colour/place/music is and also where have you been?/are you going?/and isn't it wonderful being a social worker. Not
for the first time on this trip, Basil Fawlty would have had a field day! So I returned to HK, read a lot of books, watched
movies, spent time with friends, saw the sites and ate a considerable amount of cheese. Partly in preperation for the expected
lack of that in Cambodia but also because I discovered in an Italian Delicatessen selling something called 'duetto'.
what in actual fact they were selling was heaven in the form of a cheese...a sumptuous blend of Gorgonzola and Marscapone.
Oh my god, I ate so much of it and numerous other delights that I must have added several pounds to my already not inconsiderable
bulk. When I die, I want to be buried in Gorgonzola with ahalf a dozen bottles of red wine at my side...you never know.
I have to admit that the longer I stayed in HK, the more I liked it. Just hanging around doing 'normal' things with lovely
people perhaps reminded me that as a Taurean, I long to settle and be confortable. In HK at least the balance between adventure
and wanting to settle awas perhaps as close as its been for many years. Still, Cambodia is just a couple of hours away, so
I'll always have that choice if i need some familair company, red wine and duetto. (Try it if you can find it, you will not
be disappointed).
Hong Kong is a great place to shop or just wander through the streets looking at antiques, drink coffee and people watch
and the cheap ferries can soon get you out of the smog to more peaceful surroundings. Never thought I'd say it but I discovered
that I love the place...why did it take me so long?
So, I left HK with a heavy heart and eturned to Ko Pha Ngan to hook up with old friends from home and to spend the festive
season avoiding the festive season, Bah! Humbug! and all that.
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| Bamboo scaffolding never fails to amaze me |
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| With my old friend Kevin, who I've known since we were just 11 years old! |
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| My partner in Gorgonzola eating crime - the lovely Carmen and me |
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| Silhouette of huge Buddah statue, Lantau Island, HK |
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| The aptly named Ladder Street - don't even try this after a few beers and Marlborough Lights! |
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| Street markets are brimming with reproduction Mao statuettes and other genuine antiques |
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| The giant Buddah on Lantau is nothing but impressive |
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| Slightly blurred perhaps - but how someone who has had too much to drink might see the harbour ! |
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| HK island is very small, so the only way is up |
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