We had a lovely time last night crossing the harbour on the Star Ferry (v expensive as tourist rate is 20p each) and meeting our old housemate and friend Kerry who is working here as a nanny. She took us to one of her favorite restaurants where we had a very nice meal, caught up with her various travels and adventures and got further does and don'ts in Hong Kong..... Not that there seemed to be much don'ts as we've found the place very friendly in an abrupt sort of way.
We are now sorting out our onward travel plans and are now into the joys that are dealing with the necessity of obtaining a visa for travel to mainland China. So with what I expect will be a story of many parts over the year we are proud to introduce a subsection to the blog:-
Fun with Visas!
Part 1.... Colour
We need a visa for China so we can travel to Hanoi on the train, knowing this we came prepared, with a whole A4 glossy set of passport photos of each of us and the A4 sheet uploaded to the online drive so we could get at it anywhere BUT, nowhere does it say that China wants these pictures with a BLUE background.
We have now wandered round the market and got ourselves a set of blue background pictures. The visa applications should be in soon and hopefully we can get the necessary paperwork to catch the trains on Tuesday to Hanoi. This may change.... watch this space
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