Day one: Hello Hong Kong

Kia Ora kids!
Update one is officially underway!
We have arrived safe in Hong Kong after a long and arduous plane ride. Despite what we originally thought after our trip to Thailand, long-haul isn’t a piece of cake, and when you can’t sleep given it’s broad daylight things can get pretty tedious quite quickly – particularly when Brad’s entertainment system conks out an hour into the journey!
Not to worry though as we made it safe and sound and are now ‘cosy’ at Yum Fai Guest House – cosy really being the key word here! We all know Brad and I are slightly longer limbed than the average folk, and as a result we can literally touch both sides of the room. We also have two teensy single beds, where we have to curl up like little sardines! Not to worry though as it’s a PERFECT location and we’ll hardly be here anyhow.
As I type this Brad has drifted off to sleep – no surprise really given its 4am NZ time and we had a rough night’s sleep the night before we left! As a result this first update will be a quick one.
It was sad saying goodbye to everyone, and I’ve already shed a few tears in Hong Kong (day one!), but am sure the slight feeling of melancholy will subside and the excitement will take over. Hong Kong is a very exciting city after all!
First impressions are that it is very hot, and you feel safer than you do in Bangkok. It seems very Vegas, and we’ve already been offered drugs twice (on a short two minute walk to buy water)! It’s such a melting pot with so many different faces!
Anyway had better sign off as I’ll never get to sleep. Love you all very much and thinking of all our loved ones back in Aotearoa – we miss you already.
xxx