my son is heading off to hong kong and china... UPDATE

[carole]

Hey there oggyflute, i have not noticed you on PT for ages, good to see you, trip has been delayed, but i will tell him about the ned kelly bar, not the playboy club, i don't think His partner Amber would be too thrilled if he went there do you? lol, cheers matey.

[carole]

Well he is leaving for Hong Kong on Monday midnight, and it is definite this time, seats and hotels all booked, he will be away until sunday, and the boss has promised him a fun time , so i guess he is going to have a bit of business and some time to shop and be entertained,and see the sights a bit hopefully, he is staying in Kowloon at the BP international hotel oggyflute, so i will tell him about the ned kelly bar and not the playboy club he he.

[carole]

For those who are interested just thought i would post a little update, i got a suprise phone call from China yesterday afternoon, it was great hearing my son's voice and it was so clear as if he were ringing from down the road.

He had arrived Tuesday, so it was thursday before i heard from him, so as a mother was a little anxious, but was happy to hear everything going so well, he slept 7 hours on the flight over to Hong Kong, so he and the boss felt good enough to go straight to work, all the hotels and food have been good,he has been very busy, well it is a business trip after all, but loving it.

He was off to do some sight seeing, going to the markets, and then to Tinneman square (sorry not sure on spelling) and to see the olympic games stadium, then flying back to Hong Kong, he will have a day of business there and Friday night off and all day saturday to sight see until he flies out at 6.30, so he will be home sunday morning, cannot wait to catch up and hear about it all, his comment that stuck in my mind was "Mum it is a different world over here".

He is not normally big on taking pictures, but said he had already taken around sixty pictures, cannot wait to see them all, said it was hot and sticky over there, remember he has come from our winter, so will be a bit of a change coming back home , then he will be off to warmer temps again in Australia.

So anyhow just wanted to let you all know, a much relieved mother here and happy to hear from her lad.

[caseysmom]

That is exciting he is lucky to get that opportunity.

[Giselle]

Sounds very fun! China/HK is a fascinating, wonderful place. My last trip was in '06 and I'm trying to save up enough money to go next year...Kowloon is very visitor-friendly, so you need not worry about him.

Wow, if he's going to Tiananmen Square, that means he's flying up to Beijing. He's traveling all over, isn't he?

[carole]

Yes he was staying in Beijing , they had business for two days there, I know it is a wonderful opportunity for him, i am glad he has been given it, he works hard and is very ambitious,he really deserves to have been given this opportunity,so exciting,i can't wait till i can chat with him all about it.

Yes Giselle he is the most traveled out of all our young ones in the family now, he has been to Britain, Scotland, Rarotonga, now Hong Kong and China and then Aussie. in a weeks time, and had stopovers in Germany and Los Angeles, I figure it will just give him more of the travel bug for sure lol.

[Oggyflute]

I can certainly understand his comment about being a different world. Of all the cities I've been in, it does seem to have a life of it's own. It's a great place, exciting & fun, I'm glad he's having a good time.