Having arrived at the airport with a rather large backpack, I dug into the newest of my 'Lonely Planet' guidebooks to find somewhere to stay. Price is key over location as most will certify. That meant that the main strip of hotels on Hong Kong Island itself were out of my price range. Suddenly, a place not far from the waters edge in Kowloon ju...

Friday July 4, 2008 @ Hong Kong International Most definitely the farthest I've ever found myself from home on Independence Day. (Irony noticed, but not intended J) In my experience, you can get a great feel for the city based on the feel of its airport, and HKG international is really no different. It seems as though it is trying to constantly ...

I woke up to my own alarm this morning (none of this fake phone ringing ****) and got ready quickly. I was already a mess, having had only two hours of sleep and knowing that today really was the end. I was dreading saying goodbye to Jonathan more than anything. The future was just so unpredictable. I had every intention of seeing all of these p...

Day 1- 1st December 2007 6.55 UK time and sitting in the airport, this is my first moment of time to spare, one which im sure will be followed by many others. Managed to forget my packlunch, trivial issue but Abbie knows how important that is for me. Small problem that i may not get through the border as i have no forward ticket, signed indemnit...

So we arrived on Tuesday afternoon after very little sleep on the 11 hour flight and checked into what can only be described as a chinese prisoner of war camp-slash-brothel (aka Cosmic Guest House). Its an absolute toilet, but we are now learning to love its ****** charm. We went out for a wicked dinner whilst watching the Symphony of Lights on ...

China's National Day occurs on October 1st of every year. In Hong Kong, everyone is given the day off as a national holiday. In the rest of China, the people get the entire week off. It was the previous sentence that ensured Ho-Ki and I were long gone from mainland China before the week-long National Day celebrations started. As the Chinese trav...

Short break for a conference in Hong Kong. Stayed at the beautiful Shangri La Kowloon (www.shangri-la.com) , well located and real 5 star services. Despit my great conference, I will recommend several things: - Shopping: prices are similar to Dubai, so not impress my technology. Shall you like to buy gadget, you rahter go to Dragon Maart, one of...

Day 10. Hey, I'm still alive. Sorry, I haven't been able to log in an entry. It's been hectic over here with work and the weather hasn't been cooperating. The other day at work, it was around 10 am and it was pitch dark outside. We had a huge storm roll in but by lunch time it was cleared away. The coming week looks to be cloudy with scattered s...

Well, bonjour, Or as the say in HK, er, Hello. Landed without fuss on Wednesday and settlled into the bustling HK life. What a crazy place. Stayingn the tourist hotspot Nathan Rd (living as the locals do, clearly) anyway, Just a quickie to say HI and to say I've landed in Hong Kong all well and good. Flight was fine (food was ***** mind - Oi, Br...

We both arrived in Hong Kong having done no research and aside from going up the steepest Tram in the world and the worlds longest (covered escalator) didnt have too many thoughts about what to do. We ended up so busy running round with long days of sightseeing - enough even for me to think I need to stop running around new countries! We lazed a...