Hello everybody! So I'm in Hong Kong, it's about 27 degrees and 77% humidity so i'm a sweaty Betty, much like the song 'Sweaty Back' by Justin Timberlake... or is that sexy back?? either way I'm sweaty and not sexy.  The weather is a bit cloudy too so the photo's are OK but not quite the clarity i would want.  The first day I got here ...

I am standing in a herbal tea shop with a lumpy mango delux on the internet at a train station. We are on our last hours on our get away and Jenny has lost her phone this morning! What a bummer! So while she is sorting out her stuff I am writing to say how clever it is to go to an airport express and check our luggage in here hours before so we ...

Our flight was delayed by 3 hours. So after landing in Hong Kong airport it was 12:30 am and we were the only people in the airport. Going through the terminal there were places where they would have health checks, after all the issues with sars, they do not take any chances with allowing people who are sick into the country, which was great, be...

After a long delay and some grim family matters I finally managed to set "sail" on my voyage to Spain. It is actually a challenge to me... it would be my first solo trip backpacking to a country where English won't get you too far... perhaps people would ask me: 'Why Spain?' If you know me well you probably know that I have been murmuring about ...

Saturday Mar 10th An early start today as our flight to Hong Kong left at 8.20am, Bangkok Airways have only recently added a direct flight to Hong Kong which is a huge improvement on having to fly through Bangkok or Singapore. We checked into Novotel Hong Kong and were upgraded to a room on the top floor, this was because I'd asked the manager a...

Feb 15 arrived in hong kong. After negotiating the somewhat confusing public transport system we made our way into the city by bus trying to admire the views through the early morning mist over the city. Having crashed out for a few hours we set off into town to hunt for some dinner. Honkers is nothing if not excessive. Lights, buildings, people...

Didn't think I'd get another entry in but I'm up early enough. Yesterday I took the bus to t'other side of the island to Stanley and take in the market. Apparently Stanley is the oldest HK settlement pre-Britain being here, which is ironic as its looks the most English. It's pretty much a small English seaside town minus the sellers of beac...

Hong Kong is bustling and vibrant, a good Asian city experience. From bright lights to crowded streets, much like Osaka or Seoul, there's all you need to fill your stomach, fill your camera's memory card and fill the day away all on the streets.  Huge towers to ascend offering great views of the city's skyline and shopping malls g...

Our introduction to Hong Kong was the 'new' (probably not that new now but compared to 20 years ago)airport on Lantau Island. Wow has the place gone ahead. It is a really modern airport, the roads on Lantau are excellent and other infrastructure is greatly improved particularly the trains. Arriving at the Disney Hollywood Hotel was magic for Tia...

I love Hong Kong. Truly. Not that friendly, plutonic kind of love. I'm talking wild, passionate love. Why? Fuck knows. As I slump my backpack onto the floor of my overpriced Causeway Bay guestroom, I've already experienced some of it - that Hong Kong excitement, vigour, energy, brilliance which, frankly, is unmatched on the Chinese mainland. At ...