Hi everyone - I'm cheating a bit here as I did not do an entry in Hong Kong and am actually doing this bit in Invercargill. We had a great time in Hong Kong - weather not too bad although we had a typhoon warning (which Lyn was quite excited rather than frightened about!) which was lifted the morning we left. However, we were still stuck on the ...

When we are young, we learn that the direct contact between Sir Isaac's noggin and a Granny Smith helped modern man to discover that there is a natural force in the universe that attracts and holds all things together. I suppose that if I am to understand that the sun is strong enough to pull everything near it into an admiring and unending para...

We boarded a bus in Yangshuo that took us to Gui Lin where we boarded the overnight train. It was a 6-berth with enough room to swing a very small cat. Somehow we managed to fit 6 people plus luggage in there, and even have a half-decent night's sleep. We hung out in the dining carriage till about 2am, playing Mahjong with the train guards watc...

We ventured to the city of Hong Kong, looking forward to meeting up with Dan's parents, Rita and Derek, and good friends Vicky and Neil. Our stay included many trips out, to markets, temples, Lantau island (with Tai O, a fishing village with buildings on stilts, where we risked a local lunch and climbed to the biggest Buddha in Asia!), Chinese M...

Because this is our honeymoon (the longest honeymoon ever known to man) we're in the very privileged position of having lots of luxury things that other people are paying for as wedding presents. We've done well for these in Hong Kong and have had a dinner at Felix restaurant at the top of the Peninsula Hotel overlooking the harbour, and 2 night...

After a 14 hour plane ride from Seattle we finally arrived in Hong Kong. We rushed out of the airport, took the express train, and headed to the pier at Victoria Harbour to see the symphony of light show. Not quite as spectacular as we heard, but a great way to start our trip in Hong Kong. Next we found our hotel, checked in, cleaned up, then hi...

here we are, with our son cris and his girlfriend grace tang, being treated like royalty. met us at the airport friday a.m. (1/29) with a limo to whisk us into the city and move us into the master bedroom of his lovely apartment which is high on a hillside, on the 27th floor, with a view of the city below, victoria harbor and kowloon on the main...

Nic's Adventures in Hong Kong After just a little hesitation about travelling on my own, because in the past I have always had Matt by my side, I set out for Hong Kong. I got a cheap return flight (but with a 14 day stay rule????) but always had in the back of my mind that I might ditch the return portion and head up to China to meet Matt. Hong ...

Arriving in Hong Kong was like a much-needed breath of fresh air, albeit smoggy polluted air! The city is CLEAN, ORDERLY and NO ONE HONKS THEIR HORN! We met Tash at the airport (first met Tash in Sydney many moons ago and had become close friends..she decided to travel HK and China with us as she was heading this way anyhow) and then all 6 of us...

Hong Kong by night is even more awesome than by day. People finish work and hit the streets to eat and shop. A million neon lights suck the power from all over southern China in a retail addicted version of Las Vegas, where the biggest and brightest usually gets the sale. It's consumerism and materialism gone wild and as usual, in the most incon...