Today marks our second day in this strange, strange city. One in which natural beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Brilliant towers, large business and housing blocks claim the sky. However, right next to one you may see an equally large building ruin, still holding its own architectural value in this patchwork, mismatch city struggling to form it's own identity. An identity it will have to form despite the influences of both the UK and China.

Today we woke up to a buffet breakfast catered by the hotel. Again a strange mix of western and eastern cultures. One side you could pick up steamed buns, small dried fish and noodles then on the other bacon, sausages and hash browns. The look of the western food was as if someone had only seen a picture of a fry up and was asked to cook it with only this knowledge. Sausage, bacon and egg were all perfectly formed and if asked they likely could provide a diagram showing blue prints of the size requirements. Needless to say it wasn't the greatest fry up, but for two people hailing from the UK and one who's furthest trip was Scotland I am sure you can understand it was a nice home comfort.

From breakfast to lunch we mainly were relaxing with the heat averaging 34c even at midnight with 80% humidity, air conditioning is a lovely commodity. After finding Laura an interesting Sushi Lunch, we sat in one of Hong Kong's many urban park areas and watched old people do strange stretches in the play area. Something if done in England would have the Daily Mail up in arms. We then hit Ladies Market again, supposedly one of the top attractions of Hong Kong, however many of the stalls sell the same item. Often when you found something you liked you would go to the next stall and it would be slightly cheaper. Even greater was the game of asking how much it was, haggling then walking away, only for them to call after you offering an exclusive deal almost 2/3 cheaper than the original offer!

Dinner was in a nearby noodle bar which was delicious, both myself and Laura had noodle soup, Laura's with the addition of a hot Ribena drink.  If there is only thing to say about the people of Hong Kong not only do they love badly worded t- shirts and magnets ("f*cking it, just done it", a nice misinterpretation of  "f*ck it, just do it") they know how to make good food!

After dinner we traveled to the pier for the late night "Symphony of lights" show and boat cruise. This mainly consisted of watching all the buildings light up, which was a tad disappointing. We are now back in the hotel, washing clothes and making plans for our final full day in HK tomorrow.