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| 10:07.33 | ChoHag | What video/music player device should I get for my daughter's birthday? |
| 11:02.16 | yaMatt | like a tablet? |
| 11:23.45 | ChoHag | But without [23]g or probably wifi. |
| 12:05.15 | Leeds | without wifi? |
| 12:05.47 | Leeds | if you want a simple/cheap tablet type thing, I'd look at the Amazon tablets |
| 12:18.31 | yaMatt | Leeds, planning a trip to HK at the end of the year |
| 12:23.44 | Leeds | good plan... don't come in summer, the air is horrid |
| 12:24.42 | Leeds | yaMatt: any particular reason? |
| 12:25.09 | yaMatt | my wife's mum is going back to her village for a festival and said she'll pay for us to go |
| 12:26.07 | Leeds | ah, so going into China... |
| 12:26.40 | yaMatt | na, not quite as far as that |
| 12:27.13 | yaMatt | though would be fascinated by a trip to Shenzen |
| 12:28.28 | yaMatt | the new territories area, don't know much more than that :) |
| 12:30.00 | Leeds | ah, well... NT is almost China ;) I don't tend to go to Shenzhen that much - my missus goes, but she goes to the more local areas which are a bit much for me - there are nicer areas, but it starts to get less cheap, so less interesting |
| 12:30.23 | Leeds | also, I still haven't gotten around to getting my permanent residency, so the visa is still fairly expensive |
| 12:30.45 | Leeds | (yes, you need a visa from Hong Kong to China if you're not Chinese) |
| 12:31.10 | yaMatt | ah, right |
| 12:31.15 | yaMatt | well no plans to go that far anyway |
| 12:31.46 | yaMatt | probably pop to macau, and we're pricing up a trip to Tokyo |
| 12:32.24 | Leeds | definitely worth a day trip to Macau, and if you can get to Japan it's nice |
| 12:33.12 | yaMatt | we were wondering if there was enough to do in Macau to warrant staying more than a day |
| 12:33.58 | Leeds | potentially, depending on what you like to do |
| 12:34.20 | yaMatt | not totally in to gambling |
| 12:34.44 | yaMatt | we just came back from Lisbon, so kind of want to compare a bit |
| 12:34.47 | yaMatt | eat a few nata |
| 12:35.03 | yaMatt | do a bit of history maybe |
| 12:35.33 | Leeds | got to visit the casinos, though... a few of them got some theme-park type stuff |
| 12:36.03 | yaMatt | oh yeah? |
| 12:36.17 | yaMatt | I will have done Vegas by the time we go XD |
| 12:36.22 | Leeds | there's a famous English bakery that does tarts - they've actually got a few branches around asia, but the original is in a village in macau |
| 12:37.28 | Leeds | first time I went to Macau was odd... I met up with the mum of an old GLUGGer who lived there, and was an Anglican priest, and she showed me around |
| 12:38.19 | yaMatt | oh that's pretty awesome |
| 12:39.13 | Leeds | ended up staying at her place and going back the next day - she was a lovely welcoming lady, who unfortunately died a couple of years later |
| 12:39.33 | yaMatt | ah, that's a shame |
| 12:39.45 | yaMatt | I did something similar last time in HK, a friend of my wife's family was the accountant for a buddhist monestary and got this amazing tour and food and all sorts |
| 12:39.54 | yaMatt | got to go in to the big bronze budda |
| 12:40.10 | Leeds | nice |
| 12:41.16 | yaMatt | it's nice to get tours from people who know what they're doing :) |
| 12:42.01 | Leeds | well, if you want a beer, maybe meet some local techies... or a tour around the western HK island area... :) |
| 12:43.16 | yaMatt | I would love to meet up |
| 12:43.33 | yaMatt | I'll let you know of my plans once they're a bit more concrete |
| 12:44.45 | Leeds | cool |
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