Early start again, as have to get down to the harbour area for my pick up at 8am. Thankfully that was straight forward! Crossed over to Hong Kong Island proper via one of the tunnels under the harbour, the oldest and the cheapest - so needless to say it was the busiest. Hong Kong Island at first glance doesn't appear to be quite so cramped or run down as Kowloon or Mong Kok where I'm staying. We whizzed along the harbour front and past Happy Valley Race course -...

Still haven't worked out why Thailand has Bon Voyage everywhere - I'm fairly sure they weren't a French colonial outpost, but there you go, makes for a better title!! So, what to say about Bangkok? Not sure really. Definitely not as nice as Singapore, but not as rundown as the bit of Bali I was in. Still a fair bit of poverty - lots of "shack nasty" places alongside the railway line (can't remember where I learnt that description, but it is very apt!) where ther...