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

[Lilith Cherry]

Hope he had a good time Carole. Ned Kellys is a great place - great food and fantastic jazz to listen to. oggyflute has good taste lol!

[carole]

Well number one son is back home safely, He had an absolute Ball over there, he rang me late afternoon yesterday, everything went so well, he was fine,the business went well,just everything was so positive it was great to hear.

He even enjoyed shopping, my son is a normal male who hates shopping, he went to the market in Beijing which he said was a building five stories high and said it was great, he purchased some great knock offs, a watch, jacket (armani )and shirts,oakley glasses, which i believe apart from the watch the boss paid for. ,he checked the watch out here and the real deal is $3,000 dollars, the guy said he there are good fakes and bad ones and his was a goody so he was pleased about that.

I think he preferred Hong Kong as a city, but in Beijing they were driven around everywhere and had a better hotel etc, and were taken out for meals etc, so it was a better deal from that aspect.

He mentioned going on the longest escalator in the world, up a mountain, which people go to and from work, it is outdoors, it sounded amazing, he has taken over 200 photos, so i cannot wait to see them, i will have to wait two weeks, we will be going up to pick our daughter up when they fly in from Aussie, so can spend the day with him, will be great.

I don't think he got to the ned kelly bar unfortunately.

One thing he mentioned, which suprised me, in Hong Kong, he said you can walk around at midnight, woman alone and feel safer than you do in Auckland city,shock horror.

So yes folks one very happy lad, great experience and opportunity, and i asked any chance you will get to go again, he said probably, the boss said next time we will try and make it so you can go to the Hong Kong Sevens, my son is sport mad, this would indeed be the icing on the cake, so who know's.it was a pity it was so close to his aussie holiday though, as he has saved his money for that trip, so really did not have a lot to spend, next time he will be able to save heaps and get some real bargains.