Hong Kong day two.We had a full tour booked for our second day in Hong Kong and, like day one, it did not disappoint. Firstly, we had a trip on a junk style boat and sailed around the harbor area. It was a good opportunity to see Hong Kong Island before actually setting foot there.  The skyline on Hong Kong island is very similar to Kowloon but there are a lot more business and economic type buildings rather than residential. After our harbor trip we were tak...

owWe arrived in Hong Kong at around 7am our time and David and I were already wide awake. We could tell just from the view from the balcony that this place was going to be something special.   For clarification......The territory is called Hong Kong and it comprises of Hong Kong Island which is the main economic district , the new territories, Kowloon peninsula and over 200 offshore islands. We docked in Kowloon so not actually on Hong Kong Island which we w...

We didn't stay back in the room long after returning from our tour. It was a quick change and then back out to experience Hong Kong District on our own at night. This place does not sleep and the shops are all open well into the night. If we thought the sky scrapers looked amazing by day they were even more stunning by night. Lit up by thousands of lights, some moving some lasers, it was like a specially created show but, apparently, Hong Kong is like thi...