A much quieter day, today, but an interesting one nonetheless. For starters, the weather is still glorious – freezing cold (minus 5 degrees this morning) but crystal clear. Our afternoon activity involved a trip to nearby Arrowtown – an historic mining town at the heart of New Zealand's gold rush back in the 1860s. We visited the very interesting local museum and were given an informative talk on the local history. After that it was down to the river to pan for gold. It was freezing down there and, of course, we found no gold :-) Finally we headed over the famous A J Hackett Bungy jump and watched some brave souls jump from a great height into the icy waters of the Shotover River.
So, just a few more days left. It's been a great tour and one I feel all students have enjoyed. I have enjoyed watching the smiling faces of our students and feel that all the effort has been worthwhile. Tomorrow the students will have a chance to make their own jewellery and on Friday we will have dinner out and enjoy a Maori show. It should be fun.
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Every day in NZ is below 0 whilst in Hong Kong, every day is above 33C. Very hot and stuffy. Yet, the sky is blue. It seems that the blue sky action works. I am glad to know our students enjoy the trip. Of course, they do. There is no reason they won't. Looking forward to seeing the photos of them on the coming Monday. How is Flora? The busy bee. She will go straight to Sabah on the other day she arrives HK.
I think you'll find the blue sky has more to do with the prevailing southerly winds blowing the pollution back into China rather than any other reason. As far as I know, no action has been taken yet to control the pollution, so don't be fooled by the current blue skies in HK. Cars and buses still keep their engines idling away when parked, the power station near Tuen Mun still churns out dark carbon-laced smoke, and the factories in China, both locally owned and international, continue polluting merrily away in pursuit of the quick profit.
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