Tony's Tales: Farewell Hong Kong

Well it's goodbye to June and it's farewell to Hong Kong. The Frencham family have just completed the never fun, but very familiar, home exit and preparation to relocate.

It was an elongated exit. Firstly, we managed the three day pack during what was supposed to be the last week of school for the kids (see full story from Sarah in the Blog below). The pack went very well thanks in no small part to the excellent pre-organisation of Melissa. Meanwhile the family moved to a hotel which was fun for a short time, although this author was not happy having just spent the prior five weeks in hotels. Also during this first week Melissa had the first of her two exams for her Bacheor of Behavioural Science course (in her spare time). Of course Sarah had her three shows of Wind in the Willows. We also managed a farewell dinner with friends, and I even squeezed in my Birthday (I can't remember how many years it is !).

We then stayed on in Hong Kong for another week so that Melissa could complete her second exam, and we could close out the final exit issues. The second week was more relaxed (except for the studious Melissa) and the Kids and Tony were able to spend some time at the pool and generally decompressing. On the day of Melissa's exam the three of us headed off to Ocean Park (see Feb '09 Blog) to hit the fun park rides for a final time. It was a hot humid HK summer day, but we had a lot of fun.

So now our household goods are on the water on their way to Dubai, and we are in Australia to catch up with family and friends. To Hong Kong we say thanks for a happy two years and to the wonderful sights and sounds that are one of the great cities of Asia and the World. We will miss the friends we made, but look forward to keeping in contact with them, and to new friends to come. In Dubai we may miss the orderly efficiency, but we will certainly have plenty of the buzz and bustle of a vibrant city determined to knock off the Hong Kong's of this world. And we certainly hope to be there a LOT longer than we were in Hong Kong.