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Intro
The Walkers are off on their travels again! On Tuesday, 25th April 2023, we fly to Berlin for the start of another journey organised by Viking, our favourite (well, actually, only) river cruise operator. We booked this nearly two years ago, so it’s been a long time coming. The rough itinerary is a few days…
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Summary
Welcome to Post Number 131! I’m writing this some four weeks after we landed back in Blighty, a) because I’ve been too lazy to write it b) because I have genuinely needed some time to let it sink in. I still hark back to it, much more than any of the other foreign travel trips…
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Thursday, 27th December – Hong Kong to Home
Post number 130, no less……. Rather sad, not only to be leaving this beautiful hotel (I mean, where else do you get electrically operated curtains??) but also, of course, Hong Kong itself, on the very last leg of our journey. Got up at sparrowfart to be collected right on cue in a limo (pre-booked) and…
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Wednesday, 26th December – Hong Kong
AT LAST! A beautiful sunny day in Bonkers Honkers for our very last day! (Even if it was a bit hazy……) Another leisurely breakfast, then took a walk around. Really very little to report, but here are a few pictures of Hong Kong in the sunshine: We discovered a small park displaying old seawall fragments,…
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Tuesday, 25th December – Christmas Day in Hong Kong
Relatively good night’s kip for both of us, given all the coughing and spluttering that has been going on with both of us recently…. Sorry to report grey skies and low, thick cloud again. According to the locals, we Brits have brought this crap weather with us! Breakfast was the same as yesterday – bloody…
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Monday, 24th December – Hong Kong
Awoke feeling much refreshed, but grey skies and thick clouds were much in evidence. Breakfast was included in our package, so we partook of a reasonably decent buffet breakfast in a very crowded and busy restaurant. We then went down to see the concierge in the hotel lobby, who was extremely helpful, as neither of…
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Sunday, 23rd December – Christchurch to Hong Kong
Neither of us got much sleep, despite a relatively early night. Jean was still having coughing fits and I never really relax when I know we have to get up early. This at least had the benefit of us both being ready relatively early to leave the hotel (which was comfortable enough, but a small…
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Saturday, 22nd December – Lake Tekapo to Christchurch
Our last full day in New Zealand! (Sob!) A glorious day to start with in Lake Tekapo. The best view of the mountains in the distance yet: We’d passed a mass of lupins yesterday without the opportunity to photograph them, so back we went to rectify this omission. A wonderful sight, particularly with the mountains in…
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Friday, 21st December – Lake Tekapo
Our penultimate full day in New Zealand…… Weather not too bad when we awoke, and Jean had had a slightly quieter night. As the forecast was for deteriorating conditions as the day wore on, we headed west to Lake Pukaki and Mount Cook for a scenic drive. And boy, was it scenic. Spectacular stuff. Lake…
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Thursday, 20th December – Dunedin to Lake Tekapo
After such a late night, getting up was pretty tough, but we made it. The weather did not help either – cold, grey and damp. Again. And Jean was still suffering from this dreadful cold, which has gone on now for days, so sleep has been at a premium for both of us. Moan, whinge,…