Angie lost (!) and we had a 60p breakfast from KFC.... A bowl of cabbage and rice soup and a deep fried dumpling..... interesting and, as we were about to find out, essential fuel to brave the temperatures outside. The coffee however was like dishwater.... Tianenmen Square had an expectant air.... People milling around in the freezing wind, talking, selling, practising their English. Angie wasn't that impressed with the freezing plain, whereas Susie was moved an...

Leaving Hong Kong: a multi-coloured, multi-faceted, money making metropolis. A manmade monument to entrepreneurialism at every level, a textbook of capitalism lying open before you. Neon lights; bamboo scaffolding; high rise buildings. Visually colourful and appealing, patterns overwhelm your bombarded senses. Smells mingling to define an odour that belongs. Friendly, smiling, chatty, happy people. Sun warming skin, sunglasses and a cool breeze from the sea. 'C...

The day started bright and early at 11.30am. The beer jetlag prevention approach worked, result! Sam, bless her, went foraging and came back with steam buns and gioze for brekkie. Then it was off to the harbour in the sun ('Copy handbag? Copy watch?' No ta.) to get the star ferry to Hong Kong island and a local bus down windy roads to Stanley Markets for a meander in the markets. Back via a funky little cafe to watch the light show at the Harbour.... this show...

In Hong Kong. No idea what day or time it is or in fact what my name is. But have beer. Ganbai. Mwah.

High high above India aboard a shiny new double decker A380 airbus woo hoo!! And a very empty airbus at that, so much so that it's like a mass dormitory - everyone's taking advantage of the space to stretch out and kip. There's even USB charge points for our phones, it's made my day... It's those little things. A little over 2 1/2 hours til we land in Hong Kong where Sammy J will be waiting for us!! Think a few beers may be on the menu, purely medicinal, to enc...