The Stopover

The first holiday snaps post :-)

The stopover - to break up the trip (it's a long way from NZ to Europe...), we decided to stop in Hong Kong for a couple of days. Well, I say Hong Kong, but we actually stayed in Macau as one of the guys has a brother who lives there!

Great places to stopover and also great to have a tour guide. 

Not sure I need to go back, maybe to see Hong Kong in the sunlight / more night shots. Not Macau though. Once was enough.

Here's a few shots...

MACAU;

Oh, and yep, I had a good win in the casino! ;-)

Quite a contrasting place with the casino's and a lot of wealth. Until you head to old Macau and it's clearly a lot poorer. 

That's also China just across the river.

Full disclosure on the last photo... although the image is mine, the idea & location are not. It was actually a winning photo from a National Geographic comp. I was stoked to be able to find the location and re-create the photo though!

HONG KONG;

No tripod made things a little tricky... it had been checked in with my luggage (awesome to be able to check in at the train station early in the day prior to a night flight!).

Warhammer World!

A couple of mates and I have just come back from a European holiday. I'll post numerous times on this as I work through the various stops.

First post will be a gaming one though. Being in the UK for a few days meant it was a no brainer to pop up to Nottingham for a short visit.

Now, I've not been that interested in GW stuff for some time, but I have to admit... it was cool seeing the amazing displays and old skools models from back in the day when I used to peruse White Dwarfs.

With so much glass and light, it was difficult to photograph. Particularly to convey the scale of some of the dioramas. Still very cool.

Here's a number of photos...

And off course there was the obligatory stop at Bugman's for a beer or two...!

And a quick stop here :-)