The latest addition: a hippo from Hong Kong. A difficult part of living abroad is the fact that many friends are living very far away. Because they move, or we move away ourselves. Luckily, most of them travel a lot, so once in a while we get the chance to meet up, although it sometimes takes a long time. Our friend, we have actually met in Bangkok a few years ago, visited us for a few days. Then he spent a long weekend in Hong Kong with his brother and sister in law. When he came back, he made us jealous with all his stories about great food, especially tasty dim sum... something we have to miss here.... but we couldn't stay jealous for a long time, because he spoiled us all, with nice gifts. For me, of course... a hippo.... my first from Hong Kong! A short holiday, he called it, but I am afraid not much time for relaxing. A fully booked agenda... meeting up with a lot of friends, colleagues and family.... I think next time, dear Jo, you should plan a few extra days at the beach! Thanks for all the presents and a wonderful diner the other night. Hope to meet up again soon!
Thanks Lien for your hospitality.
ReplyDeleteMy next trip next month will be to the Philippines for a conference. I've planned to stay two days at the beach and hope to snorkle around lots of coral and fish.
I don't think there are any hippos within those coral reefs though...
Hippoly yours