The Hodge Blog

Join the eponymous Hodge and his bunch of fiftysomething mates on a laughter and alcohol fuelled trip to Hong Kong to celebrate his 50th Birthday. Chart their progress through the planning stages, the gruelling flight from the UK, first impressions of HK, success, or failure, at Happy Valley Races and the casinos of Macau, and the special treat that awaits the Birthday Boy. A certain amount of poetic licence may be employed by the authors, so don’t believe everything you read!

Tuesday, 13 September 2011

Thunderbirds are go!

I'm blogging on the basis Clive has amnesia of Sunday eve post our dinner at the American restaurant - which I'm pleased to say exceeded all of our expectations - world class.

More news on Pete. Having spent a couple of nights with Jack Hughes, he decided enough was enough and change rooms. So he chanced his luck again with his grasp of Cantonese. This time he asked for a water-side room not too high up, a little closer to the bottom of the hotel. He's now sharing with Walter Sidebottom, a member of a traveling brass band from Yorkshire. Suffice to say, he hasn't had too much sleep since but he's confident he will get a room on his own by the end of the week.

Back to Clive. At 4 am he was "pulling some shapes" in Escape bar but these "shapes" were merely to stop him from falling over. But the best entertainment came from Kiwi. I can only describe his dance routines as Virgil from Thunderbirds, practicing River Dance whilst being stung by a swarm of wasps - absolute quality.

Kiwi finally negotiated his journey back to the hotel in the wee hours - no strings attached.

Macau here we come!

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