THURSDAY (last day!) We had to be out of our room by 12 today so I got up and showered quickly as I had not packed the previous night, although it wasn't going to take me long as I had left everything in my bag. The real reason I woke up in good time was so that I could get a breakfast to remember - noodles! I had seen this peculiar (well, peculiar for me anyway) addition to the breakfast menu on our first morning, and had promised myself that while I was here,...

TUESDAY Still not fully recovered after Monday night's horror show, Kim did well to muster up enough enthusiasm for us to start our big adventure in search of the "tallest Buddha in Asia". The Buddha was situated at the 'Po Lin Monastery' in 'Tung Chung' on Lantau Island, so we navigated various metro lines and bus routes before arriving at our destination. What we saw took our breath away - the Buddha sat on a platform up countless numbers of steps, with his h...

Hello everybody - just a quick one to give you the lowdown on the past two days... SUNDAY NIGHT After updating my site, we headed off back to the hotel to freshen up and then went back out for vittles! We went to the eatery popular street called 'Fa Yuen Street' and found a small place which was full of trendy looking young people. We decided to go in and try it - it turned out it was a fast food noodle joint and very cheap, which would probably explain the a...

Here I am with my 2nd entry of the trip: it could take a while as we have squashed in a whole lotta stuff in two days so bear with me and hope you enjoy... SATURDAY Well, after updating our journals yesterday morning we walked down Nathan road towards the 'Star Ferry'. This took us across to main Hong Kong Island where we embarked on a whirlwind tour of all the best sights to see! We started off going to Hong Kong Park where there was an Aviary and a waterfal...

Hellooooooooooooo! Reporting back from Hong Kong - just started our first full day here and it is pretty hot but not really sunny unfortunately - more humid hot but not uncomfortable at all! Anyway, the flight was really good - din't sleep a wink but it was completely empty so I managed to have seconds at dinner and watched four films!! We arrived last night to the YWCA guest house in Kowloon on the excellently named "Man Fuk Road"! It was fun seeing the city at ...