We arrived in Bangkok late afternoon on Saturday, having unfortunately had to travel economy class this time. We were still wrapped up in trousers and jumpers from the Hong Kong weather, but realised this was a mistake as soon as we hit the humidity outside. We battled our way down the Khaosan Road to our hostel, only to be told that we didn't have a reservation. Luckily they had a spare room, presumably the one we'd already booked, which wasn't particularly ple...

We've spent most of yesterday and today exploring Hong Kong Island, which seems to be the real deal. An impressive skyline, as you'll see from our next set of photos, and lots of designer shops. We took the Star Ferry across the water which was great fun, and it'll certainly be a challenge to find a better value for money experience. Then we took a while to explore the number of impressive sky scrapers within the financial district, more interest to Kev than to m...

We touched down in Hong Kong at around 5pm, after a fantastic flight in which we were upgraded to Business Class thanks to Mark and Sally Heaton. We didn't really want the flight to end as we were so comfy (how often do you say that about long haul??!). The first night saw us get our bearings in Kowloon and have some nice cheap noodles and rice with chicken and spicy beef in a local restaurant. We even got complimentary green tea so everyone was a winner. The...