Hong Kong's World Carnival finally finished yesterday. It's a traditional fun fair, with rides that seem to push the limits of physics and more stuffed toys per square foot than in an Asian stuffed toy factory. I don't quite know what the fascination is with stuffed toys in Asia, but when you see people literally pulling bag-loads of toys they have won you know that this is not a normal city.

We decided to take JC and PB as a way to get out of the house and fully revel in another Hong Kong experience. IT was crowded. There were meaningless signs pointing the wrong way. There was copious amounts of fried food, loud music and flashing lights. And there were the stuffed animals as far as the eye could see, all willingly spending their hard earned cash on real stuffed animals. The carnival organisers know their stuff: you buy tokens instead of using cash, because copper tokens don't feel the same as $5 pieces. And 3 tokens sounds better than $15 for some crappy carnival game. We duly won our stuffed toys for the girls. PB was even given one by a passer-by. Finally the girls are earning their way.

Though I would have preferred a few tokens.