15th May 2006 - Day 45 Decided to head to Central HK to do some sightseeing and mooching about. Saw the Foster's HSBC Headquarters which was cool, I never knew it had a banking office in the middle of the atrium. Then later we went to Causeway Bay to check out the neon lights of the shopping district, didnt buy much though, just some shorts for Rach. Also tried out the old tram down through HK island, and met some Americans just come from Beijing. The evening we...

14th May 2006 - Day 44 Just arrived in HK so nothing to report yet just tired after trip two days on the go no real sleep!! Arrived in Hong Kong found our hotel and crashed out for the night i.e. at about 4 or 5 in the afternoon. This travelling for two days non stop is a killer!

8th May 2006 - Day 38 As I write this the cool breeze brushes past and the sound of the waves crash on the white sand below our new beach hut. Moved places today as our room was already booked up - we could either stay in a room at the back with no beach view or move elsewhere - we chose to move!!! Found a proper wooden hut right on the beach which is up on stilts but a bit wobbly. Spent the day relaxing again on the beach - decided to wash entire wardrobe befor...

3rd May 2006 - Day 33 Had a comfortable nights sleep, woke up to find that we were 3 1/2 hours behind schedule, which meant that we would miss our breakfast as it was given to another train. Were told that we would get lunch but when it arrived they only had enough for half the train and instead of spreading it between families, they gave it one half of the train and we went without!! Luckly had lunch a few hours later as we were starving. Arrived in Mumbai at 1...

1st May 2006 - Day 31 Woke up deciding not to stay in the hotel another night as the fan in our room seemed to switch off half way through the night - which meant we couldn't sleep. Place felt like trying to sleep in an oven. Paul spent the night in shower/toilet/outside on the verandah area, suffering 'Varanasi belly'. Moved onto a more expensive but much cooler a/c hotel. The hotel turned out to be a bit of a disappointment as they didn't seem to serve cold...