After 3 long days in Hong Kong we have decided on an easy day by Stanley beach a half an hour bus ride away. Total change of pace, we have strolled the streets taken our time to browse the market stalls and been mugged three times by different gangs of school kids doing surveys on globule warming. We were enjoying a nice selection of dim sum in a small beach bar when the sky became very dark our host started to pack away tables chairs and sun umbrellas around u...

We have been over the water today leaving HK island for Kowloon. Since today was the public holiday and forecast was hot, we thought a trip to the back of beyond was needed. 3 different metro lines later we got to a nunnery in the hills along with hoards of others. It was so full you shuffled everywhere. There was a lovely display of large rocks on plinths, bonsai, a vegetarian cafe behind a waterfall but no nuns. Then we shuffled back to the metro to get a t...

Woke up today at the crack of dawn (well 10:30 really) headed off to a Sunday food market at the other end of the island. Food markets in the UK are full of unusual stalls selling strange foreign food that looks and smells delicious, it's the same here but of course foreign food here is more likely German or English. So it was with some disappointment to trawled the stalls looking at hot dogs with different toppings, bagels, quiches, roasted pork knuckle with sa...

Sat in our considerably smaller room in Hong Kong. Crossing was relatively painless and we are now the proud owners of Octopus cards which are similar to Oyster cards in London. Not sure why these cards are named after sea creatures. Is there's something fishy going on? Our hotel provides a smart phone for us to use while we are in Hong Kong, Yvonne has taken control and as I blog is using some very choice language and stabbing the screen repeatedly. I assume th...

Sat in the ferry terminal waiting for the 12:30 turbojet ferry to Hong Kong. Thought we would fill in the journey with a synopsis of Macau. We really liked it and thought it had a gaudy charm. For 2 non-gamblers we had plenty fun. The older Portuguese bits clashed wonderfully with the casino bling. Everywhere was spotless probably due to the tax on the gambling. It was very busy as everyday thousands of mainland Chinese arrived on bus trips. Bars were few and fa...