The Pavilion Century Tower Shenzhen

... and watched him chat to some local vendors, relieved that my count**-ruse had worked.<br><br> The bus appeared in the distance and the lady urgently called aft** him to which he made haste back ov** to the bus stop. To my surprise and confusion he then off**ed me a dollar coin. As I tried to refuse, he pointed at the bus drawing to a halt and pressed it into my palm. I showed him my card again, but he shook his head waving it off as if it w**e ...

... Charlie. <br><br>It was Gaelle BIrthday.<br><br>Gaelle then gave me a small tour of the city, showed me her and Darryl's offices and took me to check into res. We then went for lunch to a great Dim Sum restaurant.<br><br>I went back to res, unpacked and went to Aqua and ate Blowfish for Gaelle's Birthday.<br>

... It truly is a sight. We also were able to catch a light show to music that the building lights were choreographed to. Truly amazing. After the show, we walked to - as Annie says - the BEST sushi spot in Kowloon. I was thrilled because I LOVE SUSHI! We got to sit in a very special seat in this restaurant called Sushi 1. It was like a large birdcage. Hard to explain, see pictures on my Face-book. Best sushi I've had in a long time ...

... to be in a home again. More or less the first thing we did was to visit the supermarket where we bought breakfast cereals, strong English cheddar and HP sauce. To have the use of a kitchen to make cheese on toast was such a treat. Tracey also headed straight to M&amp;S and bought some much needed new undies. (God, we are so British!) Although it was Tracey's first visit to Hong Kong, Dean had visited once before for the Rugby Sevens ...

... inside small shops selling food. Long queues meant all I had time to do was point at a german sausage and a cheese roll for a few dollars. Fiona meanwhile was fleeced at Starbucks for a couple of bad iced coffees for $60 HKD. Why do we do this, gravitate to the brands we know? Note to ...

... something you should try... at least one direction...), or you can take bus No. 23 <br> <br>Ngong Ping Village , next to the cableway's top terminus, is a 1.5 hectare culturally themed village that has been architecturally designed and landscaped to reflect the cultural and spiritual integrity of the Ngong Ping area. It is full of restaurants, cafés and souvenir shops but, nevertheless, it fits in quite nicely with the ...

Just a quickie to say we arrived in Hong Kong at 8:20 in the morning after a great flight with very smooth take off and landing. We did plan on sleeping on the plane but didnt get the chance as the Qantas staff must have known we have a tight budget and so kept bringing us food and drink for the ...

... dass ein kleines chinesisches Mädchen, dem ich kurz half, auf Portugiesisch "danke" sagte. :) Irgendwann hatte ich einen Park **reicht. Auch hi** wied** d** Portugiesen-Einfluss, da ein regelrecht** Fitness-Park aufgestellt war. Das habe ich bish** nur in Brasilien gesehen, das ja bekanntlich auch viel von Portugal abbekommen hat. :) Gen**ell war d** Park von alten Menschen bevölk**t, die sich alle mehr od** mind** geschlechts-getrennt voneinand ...

... s cities to their rural homes where credit cards and debit cards are about as useful as a bar of soap in a desert. Cash rules, and as a result people quite literally withdraw piles of cash from the bank to take home with them. So, as I'm not a mugger waiting to steal a few cash laden bags, all I could do was wait, and wait, and....wait.

... China which is closest to the New Territories and Hong Kong. To get to Hong Kong by land, you have to come here. But as I've found, that shouldn't be the only reason to visit Shenzhen. It's not the Chinese equivalent of a watering hole along I-80. It's a thriving modern city with better shopping than Hong Kong and much better prices. Its metro system (and remember I'm writing this having already been to Hong Kong and Taiwan) is the cleanest, quietest ...