Peak Tram Hong Kong

I've been sick the past 2 days so I've fallen a little behind on my blog! I'm feeling better today though. On Saturday I walked through Chater Garden again (it's even nicer during the day) and then went St John's Cathedral, which has beautiful stained glass windows! From there I walked to the line for the Peak Tram, it was pretty busy but the line …

Day 1:
Arrived in Hong Kong at 17:30 ... took bus to the hotel (a really small room Andy could touch all the walls at once!) But it was a central location in the lively Tsim Sha Tsui.

Day 2:
Wandered down to the harbour and along the Avenue of Stars. As the day cleared up we took the Star Ferry @ a cost of about $2 (15p) or $2.50 …

What a behemoth of a place this is.

To put it simply; Hong Kong is incredible. As much as we've loved the ancient history of the various places so far, this place seems a world apart from mainland China.

We stationed ourselves right slap bang middle of Kowloon in an area called Mong Kok; an urban jungle of apartments, shopping …

Our hotel is perfectly located on Kowloon Peninsula, on Salisbury Road within walking distance of everything.

We've got a lovely room on the 12th floor with a great view of Hong Kong Island. Our first view, from our hotel window overlooking the buildings on Hong Kong Island! Beautiful! Thanks Al & Marilyn for recommending we …

Today was my first full day in Hong Kong. It didn't start that early thanks to jet lag but it was a gorgeous sunny day, a perfect way to start things off!

We started the day in the western market which had a whole floor full of the chinese silk fabrics, it was so full of colours that it was hard to take everything in a first but …

So, my trip is nearly over!

I fly home tomorrow afternoon, and will be back in the UK at 20:30 if all goes to plan. I have had an amazing time, and I hope you have all enjoyed reading about my adventure in China!

Before I go, I still have three days in Hong Kong to tell you all about… it's gone so quickly, and I’ve …

Well here is the first update on my new life in Zhuhai,
China.

I decided to take a few days holiday in Hong Kong to get
over the jetlag and to meet the girls I meet online before I left the UK.

I flew with Hong Kong Airlines from Gatwick a new service
which actual was pretty good, arriving 30 mins early in Hong Kong …

It isn't fair too leave you thinking we missed the plane to our next destination, so here we are in HK, local time 1.30am and feeling like it's around 6pm. a safe landing at the newer airport meant no nail biting as there was when the anding strip jutted out over the water as it did on my first visit here.

First a delightful dinner with …

We arrived in Hong Kong Wednesday after an almost 20hr train ride, and luckily it wasn't full out storming like the weather claimed it was going to. It was a bit rainy, but the moment we stepped out of the metro station, we could feel the drastic change in temperature to humid and 23 degrees. It was a nice change from all of the cold weather we had …

Hari ini saya bertemu dengan keluarga saya yang di
Hongkong. Sebetulnya saya ditawari untuk menginap di rumahnya. Tetapi
rumah di Hongkong sangat kecil. Hanya sebuah apartemen dengan kamar 3.
Jadi kita menolak dengan alasan sudah book hotel (emang beneran sudah
book). Setelah itu, kami diajak makan dimsum yang sangat enak di

... to the observation level in the bank of China building for some pretty nice views....and took the star ferry to hong Kong island to get to the peak tram.... the tram taking you to the uhhh...Peak!   Even better views.  There was also a ...

... sheet to avoid contamination from dodgy Vietnamese sheets and I got a buff because Em has showed me the awesomeness of them. In short, hong kong is brilliant for shopping, we also looked at some cameras and I bought one the next day. So now I have ...

... light show. This is free and between July and Aug every Sat night they were also accompanying the slight show with fireworks. FAB. This was to mark the ten year anniversary of Hong Kong being handed back to the Chinese. 22nd July - Train to ...

... Fendi, Pradi and Louis Vitton shops everywhere, in train stations, at the docks, in office buildings. Consumerism on steroids describes Hong Kong. The culture here is all about making lots of money and spending it on material objects. Designer gear is a ...

... on the Kowloon side and a 5 minute walk form our hotel. It was spectacular!   The next day we visited Hong Kong Island and took the Peak Tram, travelling at a 45 degree angel, up to the peak of the island. We walked the circumference of the peak ...

... see all the city and Christmas lights come on. On the peak there was a pretty cold wind so we went inside for some dinner, then got the Peak Tram down the very steep slope. Walking back to Central we got an MRT train to Jordan station back to the ...

... can be topped up. Very lever. We catch the bus into central Hong Kong and pick up visa forms from the Vietnamese embassy. Hong Kong is vibrant, bustling and on the surface a prosperous cty. It's a real fusion of colours, sounds and scents. Everyone ...

... going to the cinema for £2.50 before catching the metro to the Chinese border to catch our bus to Yangshou. Hong Kong marks the start of our China Adventure, 4000 miles of it!!!!! Something we should mention about Hong Kong is the amount of rules they ...

... diving all over the place!! I am pleased to say that both eyeballs are still in tact though. After the Peak Tram, we headed off to the Hong Kong Zoological & Botanical Gardens, again for free! Now, when I say zoo, I mean about ten different variaties ...

... ... sweet dough like bread wrapping pork dumpling etc. We also went up the peak tram - a pretty fantastic tram that treks 400m above sea level behind Hong Kong city, steepest angle at about 27C... abit of a trill ride really (as far as trams go!). ...