Actually quite confusion...

Getting ready to leave & have finally squeezed out the last big brain dump of work before our Euro-jaunt begins, so I'm actually getting kind of excited now! With a reasonable list of destinations over a very reasonable chunk of time, I reckon this holiday which begins in t-minus 53 hours is going to be an absolute ripper.

Been getting a few Hong Kong willies out of our system in the lead up to LOLEuroBomb2012 (working title), so we've had a couple of big nights, a massive number of giant meals (including a small mountain of dim sum), a peek at the mid-Autumn festival lanterns, & a whole lot of complaining about the freakin heat. I swear, its so bloody hot here that I could glue air particles together just with the goop they're leaking into the atmosphere all up in here. Euw.

Anyway, just wanted the excuse to stick up a few photos & say YO to all'y'all before f*cking straight off into the horizon for a FULL CALENDAR MONTH of fun &/or adventure. Oh, & apologies to those of you whom I don't work with who have already seen all this on Facebook already. So anyway, check us enjoying the balmy Hong Kong nights with countless alcoholic beverages!

Night #1: Phil's B'day celebrations & beer drinking challenge

Looking pleasant during an actual beer drinking challenge. Mark of a true man.

Looking mildly wiped out during a beer drinking challenge. Fairy 'nuff I say.

BEEEEERS!

The rest of the photos from this night are a bit messy, so *scene deleted*

Night #2: Random night with no purpose that turned out awesome

Out at Blckbrd, on Lyndhurst Tce

God knows where this is. It's DARK.

I love this camera. Luscious lips, or just weird?

A simple misunderstanding over...I dunno...eight gin & tonics...?

But everyone was friends in the end.

Is this a test shot? Anyway, observe: Wine.

My boss being delightful & flipping us off while taking a shot. Look carefully, we're grimacing in the background.

I have NO idea what happened here, but I'm 80% confident it didn't involve pants removal. This comforts me. Mostly.

Want some mint with your mint juice?

Back at Joyce is Not Here. This is a bar you are ALL coming to when you visit Hong Kong.

Drinkies at Joyce. Always awesome.

As well as heading out on the town, there's been time to squeeze in a little bit of culture. It's the mid-Autumn festival today, so we 'beat the crowd' & went to see all the lanterns set up in Victoria Park on Sunday night. There's fire dancing, dragons, palm reading, plays, etc. on Monday & Tuesday but Hong Kong being Hong Kong, we figured there would be about a trillion people there so we decided to get in early. It was still crowded as a hell, but realistically, it wasn't any worse that Causeway Bay train station on any given day. In any case, it was cute & fun, & seemed kind of old world in a way. There was carnival music playing & lots of lights, & funniest of all, zillions of little kids running around confused & excited & freaking out over the newness of everything. Anyway, enjoy the pics.

Mmmmmm fish...

Lots o' lights over lots o' people

This big fish had lots of little fish

Man, I seriously love this camera. How good are those colours?

Checking the fish lanterns

Bit busy this pic. Too busy. Also, that chick on the right obviously didn't like being photographed. Well, you're on the Internet now love. FOREVER.

Causeway Bay & its 87 billion shoppers.

This was handmade by 2 old masters of lantern making. Not sure if that would pay so well, but they did a great job. It rotated & everything. Very cool.

Got a light?

Loz turns her head & the big fish goes all Cassius 1999 disco-crazy.

These will be the last pics from HK for a while, as we're off to Europe on Thursday arvo. I'll make sure to do a few updates & get busy with the photo uploading whenever I can so you can all perceive the radness of Europa from your desktops. Prepare to enjoy. Jealously.