As if Hong Kong isnt mad enough, the US Fifth Fleet popped into town and the place got turned up from 10 to 12 on the insanity level. Wanchai was the place to be if you wanted in and everyone got into the spirit of the madness. The US Navy are always well behaved and enjoy a party without hassle. Grant & myself got into the swing of things...perhaps a bit too much and Grant decided to have a walkabout on his own. We caught up a couple of hours later and he to...

Many apologies for not updating the blog, anyone who's visited Hong Kong will know why. Quite simply, we've been whisked into the madness of this amazing city. We got to our excellent hotel ...once again due to the superb research of Mrs. Gibbs back at Moonbase Alpha, we're staying very centrally in Macdonnell Road, Mid levels, Hong Kong Island. We threw the bags in and at 10.00pm we thought it a good idea to go on a hike.........we walked for a couple of hours a...

We'd had a great time in Bangkok and hooked up with an excellent chap, Martin...who was a proper world traveller and is now based in India and has been for 25 years. Martin was very good company and joined us wandering Bangkok. We actually stayed very local, we wandered Chinatown and ate at the local food stalls. This is the best way to get a feel for Bangkok, just keep walking and use your local food stalls. The food is excellent and cheap and so was the local g...