John and Linda's Travels
  • Travel Stories
  • Major Trips
    • Favourite Photos
    • Our 1982 European adventure >
      • Contiki GE45
      • Great Britain and Ireland 1982
      • Hong Kong and Home
    • Ireland in the Summer of 2018 - Part 2
    • Ireland in the Summer of 2018 Part 1
    • Post Camino 2016
    • Camino Portuguese 2016
    • Spain Wedding Anniversary 2016
    • High Country Walking 2015
    • Telos Island Surfing 2015
    • Milford Track Feb 2015
    • Post Camino 2014
    • Camino Frances 2014
    • Moreton Island on foot 2012
    • Walkabout Gourmet Tour 2009
    • Great Ocean Walk 2008
    • Kokoda Track 2002

Hong Kong and Home

 Hong Kong.
WE managed a tour of the New Territories and quietly wound down and took in the wonderful trip we had had.
One last and final story. We visited a jewelers in Kowloon, the Sunrise Jewellery Company. Now you might recall the diamonds in Amsterdam. Well Linda did like this one ring. I gallantly said, do you take Australian personal cheques (As we were now living on the last cash from our traveller’s cheques). They did and the ring came home with us. For years later, we would always get a Christmas card from them.
The testament to that is that I can recall it like it was yesterday.
Then it was back on that Qantas flight, the familiar sound of that aussie accent which we had missed so much and Bundy Rum. Note all British Airways had in the form of rum was white Bacardi.
 
Postscript. This is a record of a time in our lives. However, once we get back to Brisbane and our stuff out of storage we will recover our diary and make any corrections deemed necessary.

Back home to unpack  and then a visit to Stanthorpe to see the family many of whom have now passed but never forgotten
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  • Travel Stories
  • Major Trips
    • Favourite Photos
    • Our 1982 European adventure >
      • Contiki GE45
      • Great Britain and Ireland 1982
      • Hong Kong and Home
    • Ireland in the Summer of 2018 - Part 2
    • Ireland in the Summer of 2018 Part 1
    • Post Camino 2016
    • Camino Portuguese 2016
    • Spain Wedding Anniversary 2016
    • High Country Walking 2015
    • Telos Island Surfing 2015
    • Milford Track Feb 2015
    • Post Camino 2014
    • Camino Frances 2014
    • Moreton Island on foot 2012
    • Walkabout Gourmet Tour 2009
    • Great Ocean Walk 2008
    • Kokoda Track 2002