One of the premier attractions in Taipei is the National Palace Museum. I was super keen to see it but not everyone was as enthused!  Harris decided that accompanying me with the chance of including a further hunt for Dooodolls was worth a try and the best option for his day.  Steve decided he and Patrick would have a quiet day and catch up on a load of washing at a...

We awoke to a wet wet day and the issue of finding more internet access since our 24 hour pass had expired.  We did have thoughts of going to the Taipei Zoo and the nearby Maokong Gondola but the weather was not suitable, plus we desperately needed to access email to confirm our Taroko Gorge tour booking and to book more accommodation in China.  The hotel we were staying in...

Today we headed off to the Science Centre at the request of the boys. We easily found our way from the hotel to Ximen train station to catch a train to Jiantan station and then caught the Red 30 bus to the centre. When we arrived we bought tickets for ‘Trick Art’ – a special exhibition that was running. It was quite expensive at NT$ 700 for four people whilst the general...

The alarm woke Steve and I at 5.30 am so we could get our bags packed, eat some cereal and wake children.  Goodbye to our cool little flat in HK and we stepped out onto the street to hail a taxi.  The streets were very quiet at this time but still the trams, buses and taxis were running.  We caught the 2^nd taxi we saw and headed to HK Train Station to catch the Airport...

I had the opportunity to go out for a few hours of peaceful shopping and found a coffee shop to sit and read the paper and my new book on Taiwan.  Bliss! That same day we met up with Karin and Edward, a couple we met on the Halong Bag,...

Steve and I spent one week in HK two years ago so it was great to return to somewhere familiar and to be able to rest after our busy 6 weeks in Vietnam. The two bedroom flat we stayed in was a fantastic base for the week, complete with washing machine and mini kitchen.  I even cooked!  We had home-made spag bolg and mac’n’cheese plus I could have my favourite porridge every...

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I am busy finishing off our adventures in Vietnam for everyone to read.  Soon we will update you on our travels through Hong Kong; with plans for Taiwan and China on our list of...

We awoke for our first full day of adventure in Hong Kong.  We had a few things we wanted to see and do in Hong Kong with the boys that Steve and I enjoyed when we were here two years ago.  One of those was the cable car ride to see the Big Buddha.  The weather was not the best but we wanted to do the excursion before it got crazily busy since the 10th May is Buddha’s...

We were all up, organised and out the hotel door early for our flight from Hanoi to Hong Kong.  We were flying Vietnam Airlines again and this would be our first flight with a meal!  We made it smoothly through the whole check-in, immigration stuff and prepared to sit and wait; which ended up longer than anticipated due to some airport issue.  Finally onboard and off we...