On the Sunday we had a tour to the New Territories and Kowloon. First stop was to the temple of Dr Wong in Kowloon. He was a doctor who lived about 1600 years ago, but has now been made into a Buddha. Then we went into the New Territories which are so much greener than Hong Kong island and Kowloon. We went to visit a wishing tree. The idea is to write your wish on some paper with prayers on and these are attached to an orange. You then have to throw the orange an...

On the Saturday we went to Hong Kong central library to do some emailing. It was a massive library and very impressive. In the afternoon we had a tour. First we went to Victoria peak which overlooks Hong Kong island as well as some of Kowloon - it\'s an incredible view (the post card is of this view at night). Then we went to Repulse Bay - which despite the name is actually quite nice. It is a beach. Then we were off to Stanely Market and then onto Aberdeen fishi...

Arrived in Hong Kong Friday morning (24 September). It was very hot and humid. My hotel was called the South Pacific hotel and was on Hong Kong island. Went to look around the local market and the Time Square shopping centre during the day. In the evening a group of us caught the Star ferry over to Kowloon. We saw the light show which was about 20 buildings on Hong Kong island being lit up and having lasers and beams coming from them. It was an incredibl...