Ok – it’s a lot colder than I ever expected and by far the coldest Christmas ever for this southern hemisphere boy. But we had a blast ! Thanks to the wonderful company of some friends we had a warm and happy Christmas in Hongkers this year.
Paul and Flick joined us for the short break over the festive season. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.
I divided the photos into 3 groups – So don’t forget to open the other 2 groups. There’s about 50 odd photos in each….so sit back :-)
We made our way accross Victoria harbour to go and see the lights and Christmas decorations. Boy did Hongkers turn it on …
Lots of Christmas cheer – It’s crazy I cant believe it’s that time already. We took a few photos of the symphony lights display that starts every day at 8 PM.
It’s been 15 years.
Had an opportunity with work to go back – 3 day conference in Phuket Thailand. Death by power point was rewarded by 2 birdies and a par, beautiful hotel and scenery and a few days next to a wonderfull beach and warm weather.
Nothing like the last trip to Thailand. The resort was about 45 min. drive south of the famous Patong Beach where we spent our last holiday in Thailand. The landscape has changed after the tsunami and many thousands of visitor from all over.
I was amazed by the amount of Eastern European visitors. I’d say 70 % of the visitors at the airport was on their way back to Moscow.
I can highly recommend the hotel ( let me know if you want the detail ) I’ll leave the rest to the photos to explain.
Jake had his first Halloween experience this year. There was an amazing amount of anticipation. With his wizard costume, painted face and fork in hand he bravely stepped into class only to realise, to his horror, that he could not recognise any of his class mates ….
Annie made cup cakes for the class that looked like little pumpkins. It looked like everyone had fun.
