Rain or Shine

While waiting for my baggage to arrive at the Vancouver airport carousel, I noticed an advertisement that read, "If you never lose your need to wander, you belong." It's been over a week since I came home but my sense of wandering hasn't let up. The above photos were taken at Admiralty Point (Port Moody) and Crystal Falls (Port Coquitlam). Both days, I started the hike while the rain was pouring. By the end of both hikes, the rain had cleared but the mud on our shoes have remained. If you can't beat rainy Westcoast weather, you might as well join in. A bit a lot of mud and rainwater is actually way more fun than it sounds.

Pam  xx

"The Hong"

A beautiful skyline picture taken by Bee while I froze in my shorts. I didn't pack any pants and temperatures dipped below what I had expected. We had an even more amazing view from the Ritz-Carlton bar (world's tallest hotel), but unfortunately we lost all the photos from that night. 

 Tomorrowland @ Disneyland Hong Kong

 Minnie for the day

 Pooh Bear!

 Being Asian with Goofy; but notice how I can't even do a proper peace sign

 The parade made us so, so happy.

 We spent the entire day laughing.

 IFC building

 The racetracks

 Lamma Island - located to the southwest of Hong Kong island. Although these power stations juxtapose the beach, this small island does offer an alternative to the craziness of Hong Kong.

The LKF

7-11 turned bar.

It's a bit weird to blog about a trip well after the visit but blogging while traveling is not an easy task unless you want to be tied to a computer. Just so I feel that my vacation blogging is somewhat complete (still missing Malaysia & Singapore), I have gathered some of my favourite shots of Hong Kong.

I have a bit of mixed feelings about Hong Kong but this is not to say that my (two) trips were not filled with unexpected good times. When Brayley and I made the decision to go to Disneyland our eyes each possessed childlike sparkles. We were well warned that it would not even compare to the States, but like all other things in Hong Kong, we made the best of it and created some of our favourite memories. Never underestimate how much fun it is to be a kid. In fact, I firmly believe that everyone should do at least one thing a day that makes them feel way below their age. Once we were done doing that, we had our adult version of playtime with drinks at the Ritz, Chai, LKF and the horse racetracks.

My second trip to Hong Kong was not by choice, but rather it was due to a missed flight because of a storm. I felt stranded in the city even though I had a couch to stay on and a few city guides who didn't hesitate to show me around. But when you want to go home, you want to go home and that was a feeling I couldn't quite shake off that final weekend; I was quite happy to hop on that 12 hour plane ride back to the other side of the world.

Pam  xx