Back in Hong Kong

Back in Hong Kong

Scott met us at the station, which was a pleasant surprise. We are never quite sure if he will be in the country or not!! It was just so good to be in a clean city again and be able to drink water from the tap and use it to clean our teeth as well! We were both very tired that evening and slept in until 8.30 - very unlike us.
Scott was able to take an "R" day (replacement day for a weekend day of work) so we enjoyed a bus ride around the bays and eventually to Stanley Bay. A very picturesque bay nestled amongst the hills of Hong Kong. We wandered through the markets and enjoyed a yummy pizza for lunch. We hadn't had one of those for many a day! Later in the afternoon we visited the Wan Chai Electronic shop (just such an amazing place) and purchased a camera for our computer to use when hooked up to our skype programme. For those who are not familiar with this (Ian knows more than me!), it is a very cheap way to speak to people around the world. Scott set it all up for us. We had used it in NZ to speak to Scott but didn't have the camera. After this, Scott took us to CNN. What an interesting evening. CNN are on the 40th floor so you can imagine the views! We met many of his colleagues and saw the preparation work in action, ready for the 8pm news from CNN Asia. We then sat in the control room, where all the timing and prompts regarding incoming interviews etc are given to the presenters through their headphones, as they were live in the studio next door. During the add breaks there was banter going on between the presenters,control room personal,Scott,Judy and Ian included.Now we know what goes on behind the scenes during news bulletins!!! All work colleagues spoke well of Scott and how he is a very valuable cameraman within CNN. Mind you, we knew this anyway but its always complimentary to hear it from others!!!
The next day Scott was able to join us again, so we took the opportunity to ferry over to Kowloon and explore that city before returning in time for an evening at the Happy Valley races. Scott had booked a table for dinner for us and some of his work mates. We didn't make our fortune but a most enjoyable time had by all. It was just such an experience to go to a race track, surrounded by sky scrapers in the centre of a huge city. It is obviously a very popular, almost weekly event. All the track's infield space is taken up by a variety of sports codes - grounds,grass and astroturf.Today we are repacking (this is going to be like a broken record as our year progresses!)once again, ready for our 13 1/2 hour, 11.25pm flight to the UK.