What a grey day

Grey and rainy and just about scraping 28 degrees. Just wanted to let you all know it hasn't all been glorious sunshine for us! Rain was quite novel really. We had to use our umbrella and everything - its all a bit much really....

I confess that due to the rain we wimped out a bit. Not like us I know but it is the first wet stuff from the sky we've been exposed to for a while (apart from the deluge in Vietnam but we were in a car then). So we paid for a days internet and uploaded the rest of our Vietnam piccies to the blog and sorted out some email before we head off the China.

Then we went for a walk and turned left instead of our normal right thinking we might find something different. We did. More shops. Different ones. They all had the same stuff in them though. We found some train stations as well. They had shops in too.

We found a market in a different place to the last one we went to. It also stocked a wonderous supply of chopsticks, waving cats, t-shirts, jewelled phone covers, fans, leather belts, silk tops, tea sets and all sorts of other rubbish there has been in many of the other markets we went to.

It was so grey and wet Martyn decided to use some of the internet we have bought to download a movie so we're going to watch that next! He's very excited as its his birthday tomorrow. I've been and found the supermarket so he's got yoghurt, banana and crushed up oatie biscuit for his breakfast - all safely stored in our little hotel fridge. He is very much looking forward to his birthday breakfast.

Its the little things you know - here's a thought for you all today - find a little thing, only a very little one and do it, go on. Buy some strawberries with double cream - you know you want to (and at least they should be cheaper than here), or that chocolate bar (ooops, we have one of those as well), buy a gerbera in a pot and stick it on a window sill, smell the roses, if on a tight budget give a hug go on - a big rib cracking squeeze (well, not literally rib cracking but you know what I mean - free and better than any of the aforementioned!) - life is good! Log your comments to let us know what your 'little thing' was!