Hong Kong

Hello, here's a few new pics from the last few days. Hong Kong was a bit of a blur, but so much fun. It's like all the good bits from China, without most of the bad. We only had four days there and were a bit jetlagged for the first bit, so we didn't tick off every single tourist attraction. You have to save some for later, right? This first photo is of the upper levels escalator, the longest one in the world I think. Heaven knows what the locals did before that thing was installed - on a sticky day you would have arrived at the top in a sweating mess!


We also caught the Peak Tram up the adjacent hill to take in the view of the city. Despite the smog (probably haze from humidity as well) the city is beautiful from a distance. And a bit quieter, without the traffic and Indian tailors.

Here's me being a bit indulgent with photography. There are some really beautiful buildings in HK, and some downright ugly ones too. This is one of the better ones, and captured in a rare cloudless moment.

On our last day in HK we decided to have a lazy day and head to the beach. Catching buses is a bit difficult without any Cantonese skills, but we managed to follow the hordes and get off where we wanted to, at Stanley. I think Stanley is where the ex-pats hang out, since there's all sorts of different services there, from wine cellars to English Pubs. We first went to the beach for a swim, walking delicately through the sharp gravel sand to a shady spot. Afterwards we just happened to be walking past 'The Pickled Pelican', an ex-pat pub and caught some rugby.

That's it for now. Internet connections in China are almost always shockingly slow. More pics to follow next time. xox