Executive Decision

Ok...where do I start?? First of all, I must agree with Paul's observation of the girl sitting in front of us. She looked like she was 20+, but acted like she was 12. It was quite irritating!!

Anyway, we're off the plane, we have our bags, navigated the taxi rank (they have different coloured taxi's depending on where you are going! We are in the red zone...) We started getting nervous as it was a 50 minute drive from the airport and things started looking seedy. BUT THEN...we arrived at a hotel that was something out of a movie!! (The Royal Plaza Hotel) The lobby is full of plush carpeting, gold, and chandeliers! There were porters who opened our doors and took our luggage (brought to our rooms later (((This is Paul....that's normal Caitlin...ok do go on...)))). We were whisked away to check in, wonderful service, and then paid the deposit and were asked if we would mind if we were upgraded....for free. Paul and I looked at each other and made an executive decision...the Executive Suite it was!!! The upgrade means that we have access to the exclusive Executive Club lounge, breakfast daily (in our choice of the downstairs restaurant - open to all - or the club lounge which is lovely and peaceful), the China South News daily, complimentary afternoon tea, and free cocktails - or anything for that matter - between 6-8pm!!!!!!!! We can't believe our luck!

(Hi...this is Paul editing Burnsey's post...because I can.....and also, in the spirit of ########... (i had to edit my own post..fill in the blanks.) I'd like to mention some things Caitlin may not have emphasised enough about our sweet suite upgrade! (((I have just been smashing the free cocktails at the EXECUTIVE LOUNGE p.s))) I can have my suit pressed each day, ((((I knew i should have brought that thai suit....I'll have to buy another muahahaha)))), Sweet in room dvd player, PLUSSSSS we can check out at 4:00 on our last day! I love this hotel...they get me. Screw it...we are staying here until March 09. I love you all dearly and miss you already.)))))))))

(p.s the in room internet is a god send...ok, back to Caitlin....she has authority to edit my posts to so this could get very interesting.)

We've had pretty good food so far, although we haven't had time to venture too far away from shopping centres and the like. My favourite pick has been BBQ Pork and a Pearl Milk Tea (strong milky iced tea with tapioca pearls) Yummy!

Today we got ourselves organised (I haven't actually received any cash yet, so there were emails and even phone calls to try and sort it out. It will be rectified by the end of the week. There are smiles all around) and then went out on a mission...to buy our new phones! Pauly wants to get something extremely awesome and up to date but will have to pay big for it...even here. If he wants an iPhone, it's AUD$1200ish and must be on a 3 year plan...obviously that can't happen (P.s this is paul again...this fact is wrong. The iphone is cheap but it must be on a 3 year plan (like 300 AUD) but to buy it OUTRIGHT and unlocked is like $1400 AUD...just thought i'd clear that up. I think i'll use caitlins old phone and buy and up to date phone when i leave HK in March-ish-ly-ism). So while we were in the technology streets of Hong Kong, I ended up buying everything! (Actually 'I' ended up buying everything as burnsey as broke as heath ledger and jake gyllanhall at the moment (what too soon...poor spelling...meh...it was worth it...i have no regrets)) I got a LG KF700. It's fantastic! The only downside is that it's an LG! It's really easy to use and has a touch screen and number pad. We looked at a couple of phones, including the iPhone, and found that my LG's combination of touch and buttons is the best! It also has a little stylus pen that comes with it...and it's really cute too. :)

As a side note...as I write this, Pauly is watching Jackie Chan sing a song called "We are Ready"...can you guess what it is about? Yes...the Olympics! As we expected, Hong Kong has Olympic fever. Every shop has the colours or the mascots somewhere. The shopping centre that's connected to our hotel (7 floors of shopping!) even has a replica of the Olympic Stadiums made out of Leggo! It's huge and really intricate; all of the stadiums and streets are full of people all doing something...and there's a little train that goes around!! I was excited! Paul, not so much. If I can get the video to work, I'll post it!


Otherwise, I'm going to post some photo's of the hotel and our room, hong kong streets, lunch, and of course, my new phone!


Apparently videos are difficult to add...I'll let Pauly do that in a later blog! P.s that thing hanging off the side of the phone is the antenna....not really...it's the stylus. noobs. hahah this is paul again without brackets. noobs

Love to all...don't miss you too much yet!
XOXOXOXOX