Hong Kong Phewy!

Crazy! Just absolutely ridiculously crazy!

After traveling a fairly routine route to date I decided to do a dramatic detour and head to Hong Kong for the rugby sevens, a legendary friends stag do, and to see Gaz Wilde behaving exactly the same just in a different country.

As soon as I arrived in HK there was no doubt that it was going to be a problematic 6 days. The plane touched down at 10pm and after clearing customs I headed for some cash. Computer said no! In fact about 6 of the buggers said no and after some serious panic I dug out my emergency twenty quid note and exchanged it at the travelex. So next stop train to town where my good friend Mr Wilde assured me he would be waiting. Not so, in fact nowhere to be found and no means of contacting him so with cash subsiding it was a quick cab to the nearest hotel to check emails and find Wildes phone number. Number located the friendly staff allowed me use of their phone only to find that Gaz's number was out of service! So what next, only option was back to station, maybe i'd missed him. As I stood in the lift with both backpacks strapped on in the middle of Hong Kong at midnight things were not looking strong but then as the door opened the Wildemans face appeared (slightly chubbier than i've ever seen it before I must say) and all was well, i'd made it!

Nexy day it was off to do some sightseeing for Freel and I headed up the peak tramway to view HK from the highest point. Bloody good view as well I can tell thee but after taking in the botanical gardens and buying 2 pairs of pants in H & M the boozer was calling and it never stopped calling for the next 5 days!

The rest of the week boils down to a number of bullet pointed memories, as memories are hard to recollect. The amount of alcohol consumed (and i'm no slouch) was quite simply obscene. 10.30am each day until 5am the next were the allocated drinking hours and even in your 5 hour slumber you were visualising where the next pint was coming from. Highlights include:

- Rosco being interviewed by Asian TV who's presenter went to Cov Uni

- Throwing a beer jug (empty) 50 yards and bouncing it off a womans head only for her to not even flinch

- Superted trying to speed munch a boiling hot pie

- General south stand madness

- Dancing on many bars

- Sleeping in a trash can

- making girls kiss each other

It was quite simply absolute carnage but thoroughly enjoyed. The 20 hour flight back to Cairns was painful to say the least but it's good to be back in Oz, good to see old fergs again and good to know that I will never step foot in that nuthouse of a country again!