After an 11 hour overnight flight we made it to Hong Kong. We easily found a public bus to take us to our hostel but couldn't believe the heat and humidity (80%!) that hit us the second we stepped out of the airport. The views of Hong Kong Island on the hour long trip distracted from any discomfort. We then had our first experience of carrying our backpacks, fortunately only a short distance, and we were very glad to put them down in the hostel. However, finding ...

Welcome to our first travel blog entry! We have somehow managed to spend almost an entire week shopping, organising, packing, printing, re-packing, getting haircuts, more shopping, photocopying and then finally re-packing. And now we are ready(ish) to go. Brenda's bag is larger than her (see the photo). Tomorrow we fly from Heathrow terminal 5 (fingers crossed) to Hong Kong. Time for us to brush up on our chopstick skills. Laser light shows, huge buddhas, the...