Yesterday was our last full day in Hong Kong. Richard and I decided to catch the tube from Jordan station to Tung Chung and take the cable car ride up to Ngong Ping where there is a massive Buddha statue. On the five minute walk to Jordan tube station we dropped off our washing at a tiny little laundry shop. I know that might make us sound like executive travellers, but it was only about $34 (£3) and a little luxury we appreciate having spent our first year abr...

For the first time in my life, I left a racecourse before the final race. Shocking, I know, but absolutely true. We went to Sha Tin on Sunday - it's very easy to reach, with its own dedicated tube station which is served only on race days. We decided not to go into the standard enclosure which would have cost $HK10, or about 90p. Instead we splashed out on special tourist tickets which allowed us access to the members' enclosure for the princely sum of $HK100, ...

Richard and I inserted our $2.20 (about 20p) into the slot on the turnstile and boarded the Star Ferry for a 9 minute journey to Hong Kong Island from Kowloon. After arriving at the Central port we made our way through the labyrinth of walkways that run above the busy roads and weaved our way through a shopping centre, then headed up the hilly Garden Road and caught the tram to the highest part of the island, Victoria Peak. We opted for the Sky Pass ticket whi...

We knew when we booked our hotel in Hong Kong that it wasn't exactly in the classiest part of the city, but we hadn't expected it be almost next door to a building called - and we kid you not - 'Gofuku Tower'! Say that with a Kiwi accent and you probably have the dealer's response when we try to knock a couple of thousand dollars off the price of the campervan we hope to buy next week. The Hotel Evergreen is in Kowloon, on the edge of the Temple Street 'Night Ma...

Having only camped about 10 nights between us and not one night in a campervan we decided to spend the best part of 18 months travelling around New Zealand and Australia in a campervan, with stopovers in Hong Kong on the way out and South East Asia on the way back. We were used to living abroad as we had been in Greece and Bulgaria for most of the previous two years. The month before the big trip we were in the UK visiting family and friends and getting ourselv...