Author: Sam

Superpark

Today we went to Superpark which is a massive play area.

There were trampolines, slides, a baseball game, an automatic RoboKeeper, another football game, a trampoline video game, a climbing wall, a ninja track, a basketball and throwing game, a skate park where I rode on a scooter and Martha went on a skateboard, a tube slide (where you slide on a big ring down a steep slope) and lots more.

The RoboKeeper was really good and it saved most of my shots and penalties.

On one of the trampolines you could jump off into a foam pit. A boy lost his glasses in there. They found a smelly sock at the bottom when they were looking for the glasses!

I enjoyed the trampolines because there was a TV screen that recorded you trying to hit ducks to get points.

On a break, I was eating a chewy sweet and my tooth came out! When I got home I put it under my pillow and in the morning I got a $5 coin (about 50p).

Hong Kong Science Museum (part 1)

Today we went to the Science Museum. We looked at some funny mirrors and did lots of puzzles and watched the energy machine.

We also played in the construction area and made a track with loop the loops. This was part of our roller coaster school home learning topic. It took us a few goes to get the right combination of loops and drops to get the ball to the end. We have been learning about inertia, gravity and acceleration forces.

Avenue of Stars, Victoria Harbour

Daddy’s cousin David came to our flat and then we got the train to Tsim Sha Tsui where we had lunch in a Chinese restaurant.

Afterwards we went to the harbour and saw some skate boarders and then saw some hand prints along the Avenue of Stars.

We also got asked by some Chinese students to solve some riddles. We got some lanterns as a prize for solving them all.

  • Hong Kong Island
  • Avenue of Stars
  • Hand print, Avenue of Stars
  • Cousin David and kids
  • Solving riddles
  • Our reward!
  • Hong Kong Film Awards statue
  • Cousin David and the building he helped build

First full day in Hong Kong

Today Martha felt a little poorly.

We went for a little walk to a small play area near the hotel.

Me and Martha made a sunflower where if you get to the top you get a mark and when you get a number of marks you can get a ride in Disneyland.

(Note from Mike: We are planning a trip to Disneyland towards the end of our stay as an incentive for continued school work!)

Hello Hong Kong

We arrived in Hong Kong after a 14 hour flight. We all watched too many films on the plane as we couldn’t sleep. We got to our hotel and went to bed!

  • Taxi ride to our hotel in Wan Chai, Hong Kong Island

Returning to Vancouver

Today we arrived back in Vancouver. We had a final look around on the ship and then left. It was sad to leave because we enjoyed it. My favourite bit was the swimming pool, the buffet and the TV.

We got a train then a bus and walked to a youth hostel and also went to the beach for the rest of the day.

  • Saturday
  • Final look at the outdoor pool
  • Final shower
  • Leaving our ship at Canada Place
  • HI Vancouver Jericho Beach
  • Locarno Beach