Hong Kong

After a looong night on the plane, we arrived in Hong Kong - a surreal, sci-fi kind of city for shopaholics! It's full of shopping centres linked by raised covered walkways.

Got a hot tip from an American on the train and enjoyed drinking madly expensive cocktails in the Sheraton sky bar. The view of Hong Kong's skyline at night was fantastic - a multi-coloured extravaganza - and worth the expense. After that, we ate noodles and won ton in a small backstreet restaurant for a quarter of the price. The noodles were seriously hot (even for Fiona), but it was Chinese food like you never get in Europe.

After a good night's sleep we spent the day on Hong Kong Island, taking the tram up to Victoria Peak. The veiw from the top was amazing.... endless skyscrapers backed by mountains. The tram-line was so steep on the way up that we decided we'd feel safer walking back down again through the botanical gardens (the highlight of which was a bird that looked just like Rod Stewart in his heyday!)