Hi Everybody! I hope you are all okay and it is getting warmer in Blighty! We got to Hong Kong and were completely and utterly spent..no energy and no mojo! However we did get it back when we met Dave..he belongs to the Hong Kong Army Cadets and so as Sarah belongs to the British Cadets he became our tour guide..he reminds me of you G..bit of wa...

It's Leif's brother's birthday today. His English name is Samuel, or Sam, but I think that's silly, because his Chinese name is Sai Man... pronounced exactly like the English name Simon. Why would they give him Samuel? >.< Anyway, here's my pictures from today. ~Sharda

Ok well it's about 12:00 PM, I'm at an internet place in the Qungking Mansions in downtown Kowloon. I'll be heading over to the Kowloon Chabad Center and its 23 year old rabbi to spend Shabbat there. In the meantime, what has happened since I last wrote... well actually when I came down today, I got off on the wrong stop of the metro (..oops), a...

Arrive in Hong Kong... very humid... caught an express coach to downtow Kowloon..Prudential Hotel. Stayed over night at The Prudential.. more than happy with the hotel, exceptional value for money at this 4 star complex. I managed to get an complimentary up-grade to an executive suite 2 rooms, 2 bathrooms etc. great service and the restaurant fo...

My whole life in limbo, no real plans for anything past Monday, tons to think about, as I sat eating dinner, what my mind focused on most of the meal: which is better: spork or chopsticks? Yesterday may have been Buddha's birthday, but judging from the Disney Crocs, Disney mini-skirts, Disney umbrellas, Disney shirts, Disney shorts, and the Disn...

2/5/07 Morning flight from HCMC to Hong Kong. Caught the bus to Hong Kong Island stareing up at all the skyscrapers along the way. Had booked a hostel, which turned out to be in a huge block with Gucci and Calvin Klein etc shops below, which seemed a bit posh! Our reservation seemed to have got lost, but no problem they'd find us a room! It was ...

Arrival in Hong Kong and the trip is properly underway! We stayed in Kowloon, which is very bright and has lots of huge neon lights, mostly in Chinese.  We arrived in our guesthouse, which was part of a larger apartment block that the guidebooks might describe as "delightfully shabby."  The night porter's friendliness made up for his l...

Thursday 3rd August Today was our last day and it was very windy and wet again. We went with Margret around the markets again where I did more shopping!Margaret left us about 6pm and we caught the MTR back to the docks and ate in our favourite Chinese restaurant again. Then it was back to our hotel to get the taxi to the airport and home at last...

Arrived in Hong Kong from Tokyo after 4 hour flight. Fleeced at aiport when buying a China visa, keep learning the same lesson that even though people are allowed to operate their business in the national airport they never seem to be regulated and are all charlatans! It is hard to think that a country's authorities allow the first experience vi...

Day 224 Tues 20th June 2006 A mad day in HK, not getting anything done! I'm still trying to figure out what it was that I did today! I was up at 9.30am, I was on a mission to find some free Wi-Fi. I had checked out a sight yesterday that mentioned a place nearby. I did ask the directions from the lady at the GH, but I must have got it totally wr...