We've had a little rain over the last couple of days. If we hadn't looked out of the window we would know anyway since the cave is once again directing a trickle of rainwater down through the back wall.
Feeling a little under the weather, box of tissues by my side, I have been looking for travel information on tinternet and seriously considering a little side trip during our planned holiday in Hong Kong next month. We are undecided between Beijing and Ho Chi Minh City, both of which have their selling points.
There is some romanticism about standing on the Great Wall of China, easily reached from Beijing, and likewise we would love to visit Vietnam which has long held a fascination for us. Hong Kong is a sort of comfort zone for us. We have visited several times before and after the territory was handed back to the Chinese in 1997, first staying with friends in a quiet residential area on Hong Kong Island, then a hotel in a busy area and the last few visits we have discovered a quiet, if slightly faded, hotel on Lantau Island. From there we can sit and watch the small boats fishing in the bay, the comings and goings of the fast ferry to Hong Kong Central and other islands. We take long walks on the country parks and along the beach and can hop on the ferry whenever we need a blast of city life.
The joy of such a holiday from our little corner of France is that it is all totally different from here. When we lived in the UK we could take a 30 minute rail journey (leaves and snow on the line permitted) to Waterloo Station and get a little fix of city life whenever we wanted. We were just 40 minutes from the English south coast. Here we are 5 hours from Paris, 2 from Toulouse and 4 from the sea, so Hong Kong is the perfect holiday for us.
Getting information and booking a trip isn't proving as easy as I thought it might. I'm waiting for a response from a travel agency in Hong Kong at the moment. Booking through Expedia and other on-line agencies is expensive, so we want to book direct with a Hong Kong agency who will also help us to obtain the necessary visas, which we can't do before we travel as time will be too short. So I sit and wait, which we both find very frustrating.
If there happen to be any Hong Kong travel agents out there reading this today, do drop us a mail and let us know if you can help!!!
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