We headed out to the airport in plenty time to try out the various lounges that we had access to before our flight down to Perth. In all we tried four different lounges, 3 Cathay pacific lounges, The Wing, The Bridge and The Pier. All with a slightly different look, food and of course drinks. There was also a new Qantas lounge which we gave a whirl.We got to our gate just at final call, where for some reason they were confiscating everyone's water, much to Ma...

Friday 26th DecemberAfter breakfast in the hotel we caught the MTR to Kowloon where we joined the Kowloon leg of the Big Bus Tour. It lasted around 1 hour and took in most of the sights. Next it was a walk along Avenue of the Stars before jumping on a Star Ferry back across the water to Hong Kong Island. As we had 48 hours to use the Big Bus tickets we thought it best we went straight on to the Stanley and Aberdeen leg of the bus tour. It was absolutely freezing ...

A surprise upgrade at the hotel meant a visit to the lounge for a beer before heading out to grab some dinner, the hotel is connected a mall so we found a Thai place and enjoyed some rather spicy curry. The mall was very festive so we had a good look around before heading back to the room.After a great breakfast at the hotel we headed to the Tram at the Peak. This is an almost vertical tram up the Victoria peak to the highest point in HKG. It was a really windy a...

We started our journey in Aberdeen but didn't feel like we were on actual holiday until we arrived in The Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse in LHR terminal 3. We had been really looking forward to trying this lounge and we were not disappointed. We sampled various champagnes and cocktails and a lot of the food offerings. The whole lounge was waiter service and we sat in most of the different areas throughout our 6 hour stay to keep them on their toes, oh as well as h...