I left Hong Kong to go to Macau early in the morning on a TurboJet ferry. Very fast ferry, only took 45 mins. Macau is like a Portuguese town/Chinese town. I think is was owned by the Portuguese a long time ago, and some of the buildings still show this, and most of the signs etc are still written in Chinese, Portuguese and then English. Is deffinatly up and coming though, there are building constructions everywhere, from whats been completed so far, its going t...

Before I start, I just want to apologise for any erros in the following. Ive not had any alcohol for 5 days, until today! Last night I didnt get much sleep, so ended up leaving my hostel at 7am. A mistake seeing as most places here dont open until 10am. Enjoyed a McDonnald breakfast (only 1 pound) watching the boats in the harbour. Then crossed onto Honk Kong island and caught a bus to a place called 'Stanley'. The bus drivers round here are nuts. Its as if ther...

Have been on the worlds longest set of escalators, not as exciting as it sounds, but still pretty cool! Went on for miles! Also been on the Peak Tram, really nice views from up there! My legs are killing me though with all this walking! Ive tried to upload some pics, but the website keeps crashing, and all the text on this pc is in chinese, so dont know what im doing! Will try again sometime, but at least it gives you a flavour. I especially like the signs ou...

I have never been that far down a runway before taking off before! By the look on everyone's face, I think it was thet every other person was praying we took off that we actually did! What a massive aeroplane! Wicked! I ended up sitting next to a chatty Thai girl. I couldnt really understand her, but after a lot of hand waving, pointing and general nodding on my part, we seemed to get on well. I did end up pretending to sleep a lot though just so I didnt have to...

I have never been that far down a runway before taking off before! By the look on everyone's face, I think it was thet every other person was praying we took off that we actually did! What a massive aeroplane! Wicked! I ended up sitting next to a chatty Thai girl. I couldnt really understand her, but after a lot of hand waving, pointing and general nodding on my part, we seemed to get on well. I did end up pretending to sleep a lot though just so I didnt have to...