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Robyn
And Ben
In Hong Kong

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Thursday, August 17, 2006

Flat hunting

Well we are now starting to have to think about finding flats, which is pretty scary. One of the main problems is that in the last year the prices have gone up by around thirty % for renting, so choice is limited. As is space. We have found a possible flat with the help of Grace who came with us to view it. She talked the landlord down by 400 dollars a month and it seems like a good deal, problem is that is it sooooo small. Below is a layout of the flat.
I can't begin to describe how small the place is. We will be living in each others laps, so to speak. At first we thought we were getting a bad deal, but it turns out that these sized flats are completely standard. On the plus side it is located on hong Kong island, and is incredibly central. At the moment we are both still staying in the youth hostel, those rooms are pretty damn small in themselves, but believe it or not, the new flat is smaller. There is a pic of our current room size underneath this.
Nothing else to report really, Robyn is sitting next to me making noises into her water bottle. She's bored. She wont be writing as much at the moment because we both just have the same things to tell you, she does read the comments though, so dont stop. Last night we were lost and walking through the streets just getting a feel for the place, as we were coming up to a corner I smelt something really nice and got quite excited about finding the source of the exotic smell. When we got round the corner though we found it was a Macdonalds. She laughed at me. B&R xx

3 Comments:

Blogger Andy said...

Ah the flat doesnt look too bad.. Remember you will be working lots and if you get a bigger flat you will be tempted to buy more stuff..

It looks about the size of your Park Street flat Rob, minus a bedroom and you had 3 people using that one.

It will be fun at Xmas anyway! And it looks (I think) that your right next to a lift. Bargain!

Andy Xx

10:37 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

so where are Mum and I going to sleep and Jack might come as well,might mean I have to bring the tent, is there a park handy, dont wat to do all that exercise bit in the mornings though, XXX Dad

11:38 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Sam and I could bring hammocks and hammer and nails! Can't decide whether to start Tai Chi or Kung Fu lessons - Please advise! Perhaps yoga would be good then we could fold ourselves into a corner! Should I bring my surfboard????

Take care
Love
Dad/Dave

5:45 PM  

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