After an uneventful flight (which are in my opinion, the best ones) we landed in Hong Kong around 5.30 pm. Chek Lap Kok Airport is huge and you realise this when you board a train that takes you to Immigration & Customs. It takes about 20 minutes in all, from the plane to baggage carousel. It's all silky smooth going through immigration although oddly, Grant doesnt get given a visa but is just waived through. We think this is something to do with being born i...

We'd spent a few days at our mate Stevo's apartment, Stevo was traveling for a while and so let us take advantage of his pad. Administrative duties were in order, the fun of getting the laundry done making sure tickets for home were all printed and correct. Later on we moved into a Micro Boutique Guest House...Swan Vesta Hotel would have been a better description, still it was cheap but very small, we only managed to spend one night there and then opted for a ful...

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...