Hong Kong - It Ain't Half Hot Mum

Well the heat stayed turned up for the day again today. The rain has stayed away for several days now and the humidity was below 70%. But with the clear blue sky and the sun blasting everything it was a good day to stay in one building that I managed to do apart from going to catch the bus home. Catherine and the girls joined me for lunch and it was nice to have a break and see them during the day. The drama today was the water heater in the apartment blew out. When Catherine got home there was a peculiar smell in the apartment and soon after a team of 'engineers' was in the kitchen trying to fix the bloody thing. There was chiselling, blow torching, hammering and all kinds of noises but alas they could not fix the problem. When they tried to turn the water back on so we could at least shower it was leaking in the kitchen. So when I got home we were moved up to the 21st floor for at least one night. This was amusing as Nia and Rhiannon were both really tired and the man from the apartments I think was a little shocked at just how much noise and 18 month old strawberry blonde can make and of course when Rhiannon started there was no way Nia was going to be left out. The sooner we get out of the new apartment the better. The whole serviced apartment bit in the Royal Tower is a bit of a joke. Our apartment on the 20th floor has an original aroma to it but this one took the cake. The mix of Damp and stale smoke just does not do wonders for a family of non-smokers. As usual we will grin and bear it for the time being.