Hong Kong Day 3 We woke today to fog so decided to explore Kowloon rather than going to Victoria Peak. We enjoyed taking the Star Ferry across from Hong Kong Island, getting to the ferry on the Ding Ding. Once in Kowloon we were able to look back at HK island from the Kowloon public pier on the harbourside. We saw the replica of the Bejiing Olympic torch and walked along the Avenue of Stars, very like the Hollywood Walk of Fame with HK movie stars names on the s...

Hong Kong day 2 The plan today is to walk and walk and get a clear understanding of Hong Kong Island. From Causeway Bay our intention was to broadly follow the line of the tram to Central and in particular Central Pier to collect information on ferries and bus tours. The first place we looked in was the Sogo department store; we could have been in any upmarket store in any city in the world - we left. Soaking up all the sights and sounds as we went along the bus...

Hong Kong The flight with Cathay Pacific was good and we both slept well, albeit the flat bed did need a bit of adjustment to get it right. The other issue we both had was the tapering bed which restricted movement; not as good on this A330 as BA or Qantas. On arrival we went through immigration and baggage collection smoothly. The airport was very reminiscent in its layout of Heathrow Terminal 5. Exiting customs while looking at the various options to get into...

We arrived into Hong Kong pretty much on time so we now have 3/4 hours to pass until the Qantas flight to Sydney. Our main concern was to know if Percy was at the airport also - we will not know and there is nothing we can do. Have heard they like suckling pig in this part of the world so hopefully Percy and friend are keeping quiet and staying in the bag. After a look around the part of the airport we are in, including the purchase of a new flash disc for the c...