Part 15: Drama at Hong Kong International..... The next day it was time to head to the Airport to catch my early evening flight back to Manila. I arrived at Hong Kong international airport a little later than I would have liked, but with just about an hour and a half till my 19.15 flight, I thought it would just about be enough time. It was a huge airport and all the check in desks were in alphabetical order in one freakishly long row. When I found the the Ce...

Part 13: Lantau Island... Finally, I managed an early start for my search of the giant Buddha statue. There were several points of interest to see on the island and a long day beckoned so I took the hour long metro to Tung Chung on Lantau island which was linked via an under sea tunnel from Hong Kong island. It was a bit of a welcome breather from the relentlessness of the city as it can become relentless. Here it was green, lush, much less populated and air...

Part 12: Avenue of the stars... The previous night proved to be every bit as lively as I feared. When the rugby fans, who where a heady mix of French, Australian, Irish, and English, had finally stopped drinking. Their raucous and annoyingly loutish behaviour was replaced with the most earth rumbling snores imaginable!! My brain was literally rattling in my head. I'd deciding on going down to reception and spent most of the early hours in the hi-tech massage...

Part 11: Mongkok.... An early start beckoned for me with a huge itinerary of places to see on the ever increasing list. So I opted to visit Mongkok on Kowloon Island first. Learning that it was Hong Kong's most congested shopping and residential district, I had a good idea it was going to feel really crowded. But not letting that put me off, I headed to the MTR station, quite a bit later than hoped. With mostly girls staying in my dorm, the bathrooms were i...

Part 10: I ❤Hong Kong.... Flying into Hong Kong did not quite hold the same apprehension I was feeling when I was approaching Manila before. Although It would be fair to say that I was more than a little excited for my first ever visit here. I had no friends, guides or contacts in Hong Kong; just me. The budget flight on Cebu Pacific Airlines was pleasant enough. Quite jovial in fact, as the beautiful, china-doll like Filipino air-hostesses, who smiled li...