Exploratory Trip

Just finished Day 3 of our exploratory trip in Hong Kong...and we are exhausted!!  Our schedule thus far has been packed with school tours and apartment hunting. Every morning we start the day between 8:30-9:00 and go school hopping.. We have a total of 10 school appointments within this week.  We are looking for 2 types of schools - one that is kinda like a daycare center where Sarah can begin in Aug 2012 at 2 years old, and one that is a preschool / primary school where Sarah can go to when she turns 3 and continue on until 10 years old.  The school situation in Hong Kong is not good.  There are more demand than supply...and because we are expats, we can only go to International schools and not the local schools. There are wait lists and wait lists with no guarantees.  

House (or Apartment) hunting is quite interesting.  We are here not looking for individual apartments per se. Since we're not really moving until late July, the vacant apartments we see today will probably not be the same ones that will be available then. So right now, we are just looking at the neighborhoods and/or the apartment complexes that interest us.  We are primarily looking for space (which is tight in HKG), near schools, convenience to public transportation and proximity to restaurants, grocery stores and work.  And of course, all of this have to fit into our budget!  The past 3 days we traveled on the HKG island only.  It's quite interesting that although we don't know which area we like, it is clear that there are areas we don't like. haha. So far we like Happy Valley, Kennedy Town, Pofuklam and Sheung Wan areas.  It offers the best selection of the above things we are looking for. 

2 more days to go - more school tours and we will be going over to the Kowloon side to do more apartment hunting.  We are so physically tired and mentally drained!  If you think we are here on vacation, then you think wrong.  This is a lot of work. Tiring work!  Can't wait to get home to my mao-mao.

I miss her dearly.  :-(