Ok so some funnies to get you all laughing - the other day we were trying to get to church and I was on navigation using iPhone, Paul was on driving, Noah was on commenting and India on singing. We were doing ok until Paul took a turn....into a bus terminal - it was hilarious...there we were dashing past all the buses and it felt like they were all thinking, "look at that white family, they are so lost" as I just covered my face and Paul uttered things like "oh just help me get out of here fast" and Noah kept saying "whats so funny mum??". Sometimes its great being a foreigner!!

Well the weather just keeps turning out the cracker days for us - its great as we are having a fantastic holiday before Paul goes back to school and real life hits in. The other day we shot off to a beach on the island called Repulse Bay (what a shocking name, like repulsive, not what marketing people would use I am sure). Paul is now telling me why it was called Repulse Bay, something to do with pirates being repulsed out of there or some such story....ok ok, maybe it has some historic value..



Anyway despite the name it was awesome, found a tree (hope some dog hadn't found it before us for morning abulutions!), and headed for the water - great temperature and we happily frolicked around for an hour before heading back to our towels for marmite and chippie sammies - oh the taste of home!. Of course no trip to the beach would be perfect without the mandatory icecream - and aren't you just pleased that the ocean is never far away after kids eat an icecream in 36 degree heat!!














































I am trying to learn to drive in Hong Kong. We have bought a bus, actually to be fair that is a bit sizist, it's really like a minibus....we feel like people are trying to wave us down for a lift....its great for transporting lots of potential visitors around (thats a hint that you are welcome to visit us), and great when Noah needs to stand up and stretch as he can stand up in it no prob, but bad for parking as the car parking designers over here think we all own smart cars. I have told Paul my strategy for parking will be to just take up 2 of the blighters!! That way can't get squashed in by others :) That is how a foreign female solves that problem.





Anyway learning to drive a minibus in Hong Kong has some interesting moments, like when Paul's iPhone ran out of power before we got on the freeway....hmmmmm.....that was pure fun! If your idea of fun is like hitting yourself, running into brick walls or negoitiating full on dense traffic with a husband with no idea where to go and instructions like "get in the right lane, ummm no actually the left lane looks good, quick otherwise we head off to China!!" - at least our kids see how mum and dad cope under stress (one goes really loud and angry (umm thats me), and the other goes matter of fact and patient (thats not me at all). The good part of the story, he really was right, the left lane worked like a charm and we made it home, yeah!!