Our last few days in Hong Kong were spent enjoying the tourist sights and trying to avoid all the hawkers that kept offering to measure Matt up for a suit. We got the metro over to Central, the main business district in Hong Kong Island which is full of designer stores like Gucci and Prada. Unfortunately our limited budget could only allow for window shopping. The contrast in rich and poor was quite startling though, small crowded street markets down tiny ...

Hi guys! Well the round the world tour has certainly kicked off in style now - we're in Hong Kong! We're staying in Kowloon, a busy vibrant area of the city full of bright lights and 24 hour 7/elevens! A wonderful contradiction, especially as the only cheap place to get alcohol without paying five pound a pint is supermarkets. We've wandered the streets like winos, which is how we hit upon this dingy internet cafe at 1am (jet lag still not quite over). To...