so we arrived back here without any problems!! no need for any visas or anything to get us back in the country!! jus a night spent in our favourate airport - this was to saves on a hostel cause wouldnt have been in it for the money!! what??? it was a giggle!! so we have been staying over the opposite side of the water to Kowloon, over on Hong Kong Island! much nicer, less busier n more to see really! got a really nice hostel for like 9 quid a nite, sam the owner...

so we had a full week in Beijing - and you guessed it we didnt wanna leave!! loved everything about Beijing, i mean we saw the whole of the Olympic Village, like the stadiums, the shops, the people, the banners the life of it - oh n did i mention the Birds Nest!!! then we went and saw proper China (or what i call proper China!) and saw the Forbidden City and the Temple of Heaven - that was really fascinating if i must say so myself!! didnt think it would be my ...

WE ONLY SPENT THE DAY AT THE OLYMPICS ...... OH YES IN THE BIRDS NEST!!!!!!!! wow!! what an amazing place - puts wembly to shame easily!! was sooo chuffed to be there (especially after turning up at the airport to fly to Beijing to find out that we needed a chinese visa to enter the country so ended up spening 14hours trapped in the airport with no passport - that was sent away, n no money cause it cost us all of the currency that we had to get these pissing vis...

So......we made it out n about after the crazy journey and first nite in Hong Kong, thought it was all abit wooha but cool we are startin!! So the first proper day we spent wandering around Kowloon Harbour, as you can see from the pics very nice, good to look over at the Hong Kong Island strip, but was bit hazy n soo bloody hot! we wandered down this pier basically and it is what they call the "Avenue of Stars"! its like got handprints in the floor of ...

arrive in Hong Kong late afternoon so straight to our baggage (always seems to be last out) and pick up our transfer to the hostel in Kowloon. loving the scenery on the way, lisa happy snappin me not quite gettin the tourist vibe jus yet! well, the strip shall we say "famous Natahan road" what an eye opener, you dont know where to look, walk eat or smoke!! flashing lights, billboards the size of tescos and loadsa randoms offering either massage, rooms...