Hong Kong day 5 Today we decided to take the bus to Stanley on the south side of the island. We are able, after Mary's internet research, to pick up a bus almost outside the hotel to Stanley; an interesting journey again. All HK bus drivers seem to drive at breakneck speed no matter the road conditions. The route took us past the Hong Kong stadium, the venue for the HK rugby sevens next week, to the junction with the turning for the Peak then on past Aberdeen in...

Hong Kong Day 4 What none of the guides to Hong Kong tell you is that it is very susceptible to sea mists rolling in and on bad days smog. The first couple of days was a combination of both. The fog was not too bad but parts of HK smog were well above safety levels. Today though was fairly clear and very little if any smog so we went off to take advantage of the distant views from the Peak and IFC (International Finance Centre) and maybe at ground level the West...

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...