Hong Kong airport is a dream airport. We find ourselves a cute little hotel in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong for a reasonable price. Our room even has a view of the harbour. The next day it's off to Macau to meet Gladys, a friend we met in Brazil. She works in one of the casinos there. She meets us at the ferry terminal and then takes us for Yum Cha (...

Day 1 - February 7th - Chinese New Year. Hey, it's the year of the rat and I'm a rat (no not that kind of a rat!) and so I had to bring in the new year in a proper fashion.  That meant last night at a club called Dusk til Dawn and a few beers.  Beers is not the cheaper part of HK where in the clubs a drinkable Chinese Ts...

I arrived at Toronto airport at 530am (thanks Mom for getting up and driving, on a Sunday no less).  I was able to check in and go through security with no problems at all!!!  My anxiety must have showed for when I checked in the guy working asked me "is this your first time flying?".. I had to laugh at that I found it quite funny. So ...

Arrived in Hong Kong after a twelve hour flight from South Africa.  I did not get any sleep on the flight, though the lady sitting next to me slept for most of it. There was a bug in my salad and my bun was stale and hard.  The inflight entertainment was having issues, so there was times when nothing was showing while they rebooted the...

The Central district is the heart of Hong Kong, containing most of the skyscrapers and the Legislative Council Building. Hong Kong's tallest building is Two International Finance Center. The Bank of China building is the third tallest. Statue Square is in the center of Central, but contains only one statue, that of banker Sir Thomas Jackson. Inc...

This morning, our tour guide took us on a tour of Victoria Peak, the Aberdeen Fishing Village, Recluse Bay and the Stanley Market. The people who live in the fishing village say that they're born there, they live there and they'll die there. Many of them actually spend so much time at sea that they get land sick if they step off the boat. Some...

Sooo..... after feeling very settled in little Guangzhou, on Monday morning it was time to sling my hook!  But not before winging my way into a free nosh-up for the staff of EF (where Gem & John teach) on Sunday night at "Buongiorno", and eating more cake than i have ever seen in my whole life ever.  And not just any cake. WEI...

Discover Hong Kong Recommended mode of transport - MTR Alternative route service - KCR Day 1: 13 Mar 2007 SIN to HK CX 701 8am ~ 11am Check-in Majestic Hotel / Lunch 2pm Wong Tai Sin Temple It's just a short MTR ride to this famous temple.  Once we were outside the station, hoards of sellers started touting their goods, mostly comprisin...

At 0425am the alarm clock went off, ashling and I worked as a well oiled machine and by 0500am we were showered and packed and ready to head to the airport. Our taxi driver arrived right on time, and lead us to beat up gray VW Vetta (180 yuan doesn't buy a plush ride apparently). Our under-caffeinated bodies sat in silence on the way to the airp...

Hong-Kong is one of those exciting cities that always draws attention to itself for one reason or another and a place we were eager to see. It exceeded our expectations as a modern and vibrant city, Hong-Kong combines the past and the future in such a unique way it gives it an amazing character. Obviously the fact that it has a mix of Chinese an...