David, Grace, Sarah and Emma Bellis

Since it was going to be another day of walking, a hearty Dim Sum lunch was called for. It's hard to beat the Dim Sum at City Hall, so that was our first destination. You can walk most of the way there from the Marriott via shopping malls and raised walkways - in fact if you don't, you end up stuck at road level not able to cross the road!

We got to City Hall around 11:30. Many of the big tables already had a squattter in place - the unlucky office employee sent out early to stake their claim to a table. If we'd arrived much later we'd have faced a long queue, but at 11:30 we had no problem getting a table.

Sasha & Louisa were very cautious about the food - they couldn't even be tempted by the usually irresistible mango pudding. Cha Siu Bauu were well received though, and brought out an impressive burst of chopstick proficency from Louisa:

Stuffed full of dim sum, Nick made the case for the benefits of a big belly. This had Sarah & Sasha vying to prove whose belly was bigger.

Enough of the food - time to shop. Well, after a short break in the City Hall Garden for a game of hide & seek. With everyone successfully seeked, we strolled on at a leisurely pace towards Central, making our first stop in Li Yuen Street to pick up some gifts for the folks back home.

Jessie also wanted to buy a digital camera, so we popped in to Fortress to grab one of those. She described it as "Our fastest purchase ever". The store is very near to the start of the Mid-levels escalator, so we rode that up the hill, until we were up at the same level as the Zoological garden.

We paid the monkeys a visit, then headed for the main attraction - the ice-cream stand. If you look carefully at this picture you can see Louisa's show in the bottom right corner.

Louisa and Sasha were adopting the patent-pending posture, guaranteed to keep colourful lolly drips off white shirts.

After running up and down this wall a few times, we walked over to Hong Kong Park, stopping at the playground. Are the children looking tired yet?

A short break for everyone to freshen up, then time for that institution, Friday Beer. This week's venue was the Marriott poolside Fish Bar. Food, beer, and Lego - what more can you ask for?

The evening went well, but the girls need to work on their beer-drinking skills. Two pints and Louisa was out for the count, with Sasha not far behind.