It all ends so undramatically sometime. Usually I’m the one that leaves, today the whole gang left Fiona and I in the HKG airport to head to Beijing for the closing ceremonies, hugs, well wishes, an excessive amount of baggage all flew round along with one monkeyed up ticket that they finally got sorted...

Ok, so I was told that my blog yesterday was boring. Ahem. You shall remain nameless but those with their videos on YouTube really shouldn’t throw stones. Humor has been returned to full value. Last night at the venue I felt a bit on my own as the US gang was finished and Fiona had taken them to Stanley...

So, there was no blog yesterday. I had a bit of sense of humor failure for the first time since I’ve been here and wasn’t feeling it. Apologies. But I can report a great karaoke session starring two of my favorite people… Those pesky Brits are romping through the medals, they won three Gold and a Silver...