In contrast to Hong Kong our accommodation was set in a suburb of Perth in Victoria Park. The heat upon arrival wasn't too bad as we arrived very early in the morning however as the day progressed the heat became almost unbearable as we took a bus into the city centre. The public transport in Perth was significantly cheaper than London both with buses and trains as well as free 'CAT' buses that go around the city centre. It was however easy to immediately tell t...

Arriving in Hong Kong I was instantly surprised by the mountainous landscape that confronted me, the airport is set apart from the main city and so you get a feel for the landscape that the city was originally built on. There are actually 261 islands in Hong Kong, not just the famous Hong Kong island, where several worldwide company headquarters are based. Hong Kong also has the most skyscrapers of any city in the world, boasting over twice that of New York city....

After a 5am start and a difficult night's sleep I managed to get myself up to begin my journey: a flight from Heathrow to Hong Kong. After meeting Chris and Anna at Heathrow and checking in, we said our goodbyes and made our way to the duty free, which was regrettably lackluster at terminal 4 as we had a long time to wait before boarding. The flight itself wasn't as bad as I'd imagined as there was quite a selection of films on but with the stop-over included, ...