All set to leave Hong Kong and it doesnt seem 5 mins that I arrived. I booked into a better hostel for sat night and met a good few people in the common room, just talking rubbish until the early hours of the morning. Have done some more touristy stuff today though. Went up the tram to "The Peak" and walked down the old windy roads, went to the Zoological and Botonical Gardens on Sat. At night I decided to take the tram from a few MTR stops further down...

After checking out my hotel I moved into my hostel. Its in a great area called Causeway Bay and packed full of designer shops, malls, restaurants, etc. My hostel is.. well.. a complete dump. I can't really describe it more politely because they block swear words on this site. But anyway I met a few people there. A lot were fly-by-night'ers, just needing a few hours kip before they flew out somewhere else. Paid twelve quid a night to what I thought was reasonable....

Ahh feeling fresh after a 12 hour sleep, one good way to get rid of jetlag. Went to get an octopus card first thing. Its the same as London's oyster card but it also allows you to pay for things in shops. Reached the tube to the central station and it was heaving. Again as was the only white person on the thing. Its all hussle and bussle. I'm loving the atmosphere, the heat and the people, but I could give the smell a miss. While I've been here I've tried not to ...

Hello! Greetings from Hong Kong. You will have to bear with me as I'm using a computer all in Chinese language. Well after all the goodbyes at the airport I was in passport control for 5 mins before something went wrong. I kind of forgot to pick up my debit card from the pants I was wearing in the morning. That and also the fact that that my money wont arrive in my other account until thursday meant that I was going to have a problem. Thank goodness for credit c...