Hong Kong Day 8 Sadly that time has arrived, the last day of our Australian Walkabout and our last day in Hong Kong. We have seen so many sights over the last nine weeks that it's difficult to think back right now as to what they all were. Having said that just by thinking so many memories start to come back and we have not even started to look at the thousands of photos we have taken. Still that is for tomorrow, there is still today in Hong Kong. We woke to th...

Hong Kong day 7 We woke to the best sunshine in Hong Kong so far so we set off for Lantau Island. Lantau is the largest of Hong Kong’s islands and is almost double the size of Hong Kong Island itself. It is the site of Hong Kong International Airport, but most of the island remains largely rural, dominated by dramatic peaks and valleys. It has two principle attractions, Big Buddha and Disneyland. We followed the advice on trip advisor and took the MTR to Tung...

Hong Kong Day 6 After a leisurely start to the day we decided to visit Kowloon again rather than Lantau Island as the weather was much colder today, 15C and very cloudy. We headed straight for Mongkok on the MTR which is considered to be among the most densely populated areas on the planet, a mass of neon signs and crowds of locals and tourists. Mongkok is notoriously known as the heartland of triad gangs but they say tourists are unlikely to be a target and we...

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...