Blog slightly out of date now but hey.......finally leaving hong kong and feel that I've barely scratched the surface. There are in total about 200 outlying islands to explore and, although I made it to Kowloon, it's whole new place in itself. Even down town hong kong would take you months to get to grips with. I went to Macau and it was fabulous. It's basically chinas version of las Vegas. The hotels are all enormous with sprawling gambling halls. I went to the...

Well, coming to the end of my first week in hong kong. Can.t believe it.s only been one week- feels like I've been away for ages considering what awful weather you guys are having at home. I've been fortunate enough to spend the last couple of nights in Stanley staying with family friends. The house is to die for and is set in the loveliest coastline overlooking the china sea. Stanley is mainly home to ex pats so it has more of a continental feel to it- lots of c...

Day three of trip. Visited famous landau island Buddha and monastery today. Wow what a sight. Buddha is ENORMOUS!! Tried to take photos but dint think camera could really do it justice. It was crowded with Chinese people all preying and chanting the Buddha is up a huge flight of steps and from the top the views of the islands surrounding hong kong were again incredible. Lantau island itself may be quiet but is has some great vantage points. At the foot of the B...

Hi folks not had time yet to take any photos as I arrived in the dark but so far so good. Arrived into HK international airport at 1900 tonight after a pretty comfortable flight. All started a bit harem scarem in Edinburgh with the snow blizzards but weather in London was fine. Made a later connection to HK by the skin of my teeth so unfortunately i have arrived without my luggage. Has been confirmed that is on a flight due in tomorrow and will be delivered to th...