Woke up at 5am to a huge thunderstorm. Another lovely breakfast & as checkout wasn't till 12, I decided to try another pedicure & have a manicure. Expensive, but the best I've ever had! We took the train to Mong Kok to the Lady Market. Again, very ordinary - not a patch on Thailand. I think we must be the only people who have been unsuccessful at shopping in HK! But that's not what we came for. Jumped back on the train & immediately got drenched in a...

Yes, cows. Apparently they roam the mountainside like the ones in Switzerland. We stopped at one of the restaurants & had dumplings, spring rolls, marinated beef & miso soup, then back down in the cable car. What a difference. The mist & wind had cleared & I wasn't worried at all. We could see the construction of a huge bridge that will go right across the bay. We were also above the airport & it was pretty amazing to watch the planes landing...

Another frizz-ball hair day! As soon as I walk out the hotel door, it goes bah-doy-ing! One minute the rain hammers down, then it's all steamy again. It was a bit like Groundhog Day today, - "Haven't we just walked this exact same street?" Started off with a lovely buffet breakfast, the staff here are lovely, & the hotel is fabulous! Funny though, the HK people burp really loudly as if it's just normal. We caught a taxi out to Stanley Beach ($60AUD)for the m...

After a very bumpy flight all the way from Melbourne, it was spectacular coming into Hong Kong between the mountains & over the harbour. Really different to so many other airports. Nothing is open until well after 10am, so we wandered around a bit to get our bearings. We're staying in a great hotel in a really central location. Our first meal was in a trendy little restaurant around the corner. We had one of the best lunches we've had - the rice cake soup wit...