Long week

It's been a long week, not a lot of sleeping and some really challenging days.

It's my last day in the office and we are all having some fun.

They are having to create a fish picture as small teams to come together to make one big team image.

Some of them like it, some of them really don't! 

Meal out

So we sit down and next to us are a Welsh couple who are trying to eat the food they have ordered. Basically they have gone for anything that seems English. Ribs, rice, noodles, chicken dish... Neither of them can use chop Sticks and soon Pat is helping them with the waitress...

I leave the ordering to Pat being very British and polite, I have to stop her though from ordering a fish with the head on! The food was lovely, didn't have a clue what some of it was.. Tried fried eel, tasted like pork scratching! The welsh man asked if he could try some, don't think he enjoyed it!! 

Meal out

So we sit down and next to us are a Welsh couple who are trying to eat the food they have ordered. Basically they have gone for anything that seems English. Ribs, rice, noodles, chicken dish... Neither of them can use chop Sticks and soon Pat is helping them with the waitress...

I leave the ordering to Pat being very British and polite, I have to stop her though from ordering a fish with the head on! The food was lovely, didn't have a clue what some of it was.. Tried fried eel, tasted like pork scratching! The welsh man asked if he could try some, don't think he enjoyed it!! 

Meal out

YPat from the office kindly offered to take me out for tea. I asked to go for Chinese as the food is really nice here. 

I normally get a taxi everywhere but tonight we took the MTL during rush hour... Canned sardines had nothing on us! Seriously I don't know how they do that, mind you it's quicker than my journey to work every day. All these people were trying to get on a full train! 

View by night

Same view at night... Really is nice, well apart from the building they are constructing that now blocks half the view, nightmare! 

Breakfast

So after a night of no sleep, breakfast with a view. Hong Kong harbour... 

Lights

So trying to stay awake

to fall into HK time... Wander around the local area to see what has changed...

Not much to be honest, except the addition of Xmas lights on the buildings... Honestly there are more lights here than Vegas! 

Bangkok

So landed in Bangkok, sat on the plane while they clean it, ready for the last leg to HK. Find it really difficult to sleep on a plane! Managed to grab 2 hours before being woken be the child in the cabin crying... Really tired!!! Oh well only another 3 hours to go. Only good thing... Watching season 2 of the following 😀

Flight no 2

Took ages to get through transfer desk and a quick dash into the lounge to pick up wifi to call home... Phil too busy playing cod to have his phone nearby! 

Good job we have new house phones... £1.50 phone call later and a quick face time home before the signal dropped.

Now sat on the plane (Not as modern as the first one) waiting for luggage to be removed from people not turning up.

Let's hope my bag is there when I reach Hong Kong! 

Phil wing photo for you... I know the window frame is in it!!

Hong Kong

So I got accused last time of taking over the blog when I went away with work... So I like to be consistent... 😄

Chauffeur pick up and emirates lounge before I get onto the plane.

Rude not to participate 

Last Day

We have a really late flight later, not looking forward to it. We get picked up at 19:30 for a 11:30 take off. 

Luckly the villa isn't booked for 3 days so we can spend the day here before we get picked up. That is a big problem solved.

Jack was zonked in the airport at 10..

And wide awake at 4:30 when we landed. 

Fingers crossed he goes back to sleep...

IPads

Did kids just eat their dinner without them?

Pool Day

Dropped the car off late last night without drama. 

Spent the last full day round the pool with a BBQ. 

Alpha Taxi

Greek style..

Beach Day

With sand!

Spent the morning round the pool and headed to Lindos for some lunch and spent the afternoon on the beach. Jack loved it. The sea was pleasantly warm and shallow quite a long way out. His confidence in the water really showed. 

Then we walked around the shops in Lindos and had a rooftop meal again. Against the clock as the car has to be back by 21:30.

It's easy to get lost in the narrow winding streets. Good job the put clear signage up. 

iPad Envy

Meep Meep Racing

Wednesday brings a hire car. Half price compared to Budget, and you get what you pay for. 

We didn't bother marking the damage during the handover. Not enough time, we only had hired it for two days.

We headed up to Rhodes about an hour away. Fully loaded we are down to second to get up some of the hills but this is an island full of meep meeps so no overtake is done confidently. Overtake on solid whites, motor bikes ride on whichever side of the road the wish. No law about wearing helmets, functioning brake lights surprised that anyone makes it past 30. 

Spent the day waking round the port, then onto the shops and markets buying fake sunglasses.

Typically old Europian fishing village/ market town. Narrow streets with tat at every turn. 

Jack wanted everything he saw - suits of armour, swords, toy plane, sweets, ice cream, angry birds anything... So he spent most of the day being told no. 

You know when they have too much time on their hands..

'Beach' and water taxi

We are actually staying in a bay one down from Lindos. All part of Lindos bay, but walkable access to the sea is from Vliha Beach for us. Not a grain of sand in sight. Just super heated pebbles right into the sea.

After a morning by the pool and lunch we headed down to the beach. 

Nothing stops Jack ran straight down and in - cap, glasses everything still on. 

Plenty of water sport options, one of which was a one way water taxi into Lindos. If we get a car the plan is to explore Lindos, so we just popped across and had an Indian in a rooftop restaurant. 

Learning from the log flume incident in Florida my phone was in a ziplock bag as we waded out to get in the boat. At Lindos was a proper landing stage to exit. 

First impression of Lindos was a killer climb. 

Option to let the donkey take the strain - I'm sure there must be a weight limit in the small print!