We woke early, about 6am, but soon fell back to sleep until about 9am! We didn’t feel 100%! Great!! We headed out though, and to MCD’s for breakfast as we were both hungry and needed coffee, plus it’s just next door! Although feeling a little groggy, we headed down the main street in Kowloon for a mooch. The lower end near the harbour is known as the golden mile, similar to the one in Chicago, but very different here! As you walk along you think that it lo...

We made it to Hong Kong!!! After 6 days at home it felt natural to be leaving, like it was just another place we were visiting! The flight was 12 hours, but seemed to go very quickly and was much better than expected, perhaps because the entertainment was pretty good! Ella – I watched ‘Up’! It’s cool and I think you will like it! When we arrived, we caught the bus into Kowloon which gave us our first insight into what Hong Kong was like! It was very od...

Final day!!! Just managed to squeeze everything into our bags, and get them shut! Our hostel even had scales, and we think we’re ok on weight! If not, we’ll be wearing what we’ve bought on the plane!! Had breakfast and left our bags in storage and headed out for the day. We went straight down to the waterfront and caught the free ferry to Staten Island. We only went as you got a better view of the statue of liberty! We thought we may as well look around th...

This morning we got up reasonably early and headed over to Long Island to visit Mark’s Aunty and Uncle. We got the train there, so passed through other areas of New York, nothing special though! Mark’s aunty picked us up and took us back to her house. She lives in what we imagined an American house to be like! We were fed straight away which went down well with Mark! After chilling and catching up for a bit, Mark’s uncle took us to the local ‘mall’ and ...

First thing we caught the subway to the city hall, as we could see it better today as there were no Yankees fans!! We then wondered through Chinatown, which was very different to the rest of New York. You could notice the difference in the people straight away, and it wasn’t as well looked after. Chinatown was close to Little Italy which we expected to be more than it was. It was much smaller and there were not as many cafes as we had thought. Then it was back...