(steph's musings continued) Today we woke early to catch the ferry to Lamma Island. Stephen had wanted to go to Macau for some gambling but I managed to convince him that hiking would be a better option given the glorious weather so off we went. Lamma is only 30 minutes away from the island by ferry and is actually HK's 3rd largest island with a population of around 2,000 people. It is largely undeveloped save for an unsightly power station which appears over t...

(steph's musings)... Saturday started as many of our Saturdays these days, with a massive hangover. We had over indulged the night before in Lan Kwai Fong and didn't actually get out of bed until 1pm! After popping the paracetamol we dragged ourselves out of the hotel and walked the 3 miles to the star ferry terminal to board our ferry to Kowloon. As we had missed breakfast and lunch we were looking for somewhere for tea and planned to watch the laser show from...

4th March Friday morning we went up the peak - which is one of the highest points. After missing the shuttle bus (my fault) we decided to walk there. We got the tram up which was fun and incredibly steep and walked around the observation deck. Sadly due to fog and smog we could see b***** all at first. Luckily the sun then came out, burning it away and giving us some great views of the island and over to Kowloon. (continued by Steph)... We then decided to cl...

Once in Kowloon we took a stroll along the Avenue of stars which contained various stars names on the ground. Some with hand prints (I think there is something similar in LA). We then wandered up to Kowloon park and enjoyed an ice cream in the sun - which was a blessed relief from the crowds on Nathan Road (on a par with Oxford Circus last day before Christmas) I would now love to tell you that we went on a cultural tour of the many museums in Hong Kong, in part...

Well I guess I should start with the flight. The problem with an over night business flight is that as there are free drinks and almost 100 different films to choose from the last thing you really want to do is sleep. So we arrived in hong kong about 2 pm ish feeling very tired... The train was very efficient and the taxi driver knew the hotel which was good. Though on a friends advice I did have it written in both languages. We arrived, showered and decided to v...