Not exactly content with my previous hotel.... Paper thin walls, kids messing around in the early hours of the morning party goers arriving home at all hours smoking in the corridor, I walked out this morning and found myself a new one... The intercontinental grand Stanford. Very nice. All I need is a good sleep and this should provide. Now back to my day....

I'm sitting on Tsim Sha Tsui promenade looking back at Hong Kong island, the sun set 10 minutes ago and I'm watching the lights come on a few at a time across what is a slightly hazy Victoria Harbour. Along the promenade There is hustle and bustle and chirpy conversation between both tourists and locals. The former photographing themselves obsessively with the palm print inserts of Chinese stars of the cinema and a statue of Bruce lee. For the brief moments of ...