In our ongoing attempts to maintain some level of sanity (the 50-60 hour workweeks don’t help this venture) we’ve taken the opportunity this year to spend nearly every long weekend outside of Tokyo.  While this may not be the cheapest formula, it has proven to be one that works considerably well. Thus, quick trips have become a way of life and will continue to be so for the foreseeable future or until I run out of places (yeah, right…that’s totally going to happen) I want to see.

Given Monday was Labour Thanksgiving we opted to spend our weekend in Hong Kong. A quick 4 hour flight later and we were on the ground and ready to explore. As it turns out, we liked HK a lot more than we had anticipated as the outdoor cafes, boardwalk and general atmosphere was very welcoming.

The views weren’t too bad either…

One fun little note: Each night there is a laser show at 8pm with laser beams being shot off of the roofs of some of the biggest buildings. Our second night in HK, we had a little Dim Sum (yum!) for dinner and then just sat along the board walk until the light show began promptly at 8pm. While it might get a little old after a while, it was free and quite entertaining (well, we are easily entertained).

That said, we had a great time just sitting on the boardwalk watching the people pass by.  We did just a bit of shopping (though there was no lack of shopping options) and managed to pick up some new (small) pottery lions to be added to our book shelf ‘o adventures.

Sadly, as of this morning I’m left to wonder where our next adventure will be. We’re headed home for the holidays next month (yay!) but were also planning a trip to India for my birthday in March. Unfortunately, it seems like that option is now off the table.  We are quite thankful this evening though that those of those we know who are currently in Mumbai and the family of a friend of ours are all safe.

Oh well, off to ponder…