Robbie’s Travel Adventure!

Yesterday we went to Repulse Bay, a beach on the south side of Hong kong island. I’m afraid to say there isn’t a lot to say as we didn’t do a lot! Just a nice relaxing lie on the beach with a bit of swim out to platforms. You will all be please to know we did as advised and stayed within the shark net! After the beach we came back for a bit of dinner before heading to the races! We were a bit late to the race course and missed the first one. Once we got inside we were a bit over whelmed by the size of the stand and course within the city. After a quick look at the horses we made our decisions (mostly on the names of the horses). Of course none of us won! However, a couple of races later both Tristan and I won HK$64!! Which after the rest of the bets, gave us a profit of about HK$20!Today we took it a bit easier, after collecting our Vietnamese visas, Sam and Grant went for an afternoon at the Hong Kong space museum, whereas Tristan and I went to get a few needed supplies! Tomorrow we make for Hanoi, our next destination!

Yesterday we went across the harbour to Kowloon, the ‘Dark Side’ as Bridget likes to call it. We visited most of the markets on that side, except the gold fish market. I think the most impressive was the bird market! Although very loud there were lots of interesting birds for sale. On our way back to the ferry we came through the night market which was a bit different to the one in Beijing. It was more normal stalls than weird foods etc. Once at the water’s edge again, we waited for the nightly lightshow. At 8pm it started, with the main buildings of the Hong Kong skyline flashing in different patterns and colours in time to music! It was a little strange but impressive none the less. Today we are heading to a beach on the south side of the island!

Yesterday was our first full day in Hong Kong. We started off by heading to the vietnamese consulate to sort out our visas for vietnam! We have to pop back on thursday to collect them. After that we just decided ... [Continue reading this entry]

We arrived in Hong Kong at about 9pm last night. After another good flight and a slight panic in guangzhou train station, due to a lack of english signs, we made it to Hong Kong station! A short taxi ride ... [Continue reading this entry]

Yesterday we went to see the terracotta warriors. We went on a tour run by Clarence Guo, who dad used when he was here. To begin with Tristan was rather reluctant as Clarence's tour cost 400 yuan, where as the ... [Continue reading this entry]

Today we had a nice lie in, didn't get up till after 10. After a welcome breakfast in the hostel  we set out to explore the town within the walls. First we went to check out the Bell and Drum ... [Continue reading this entry]

So we are no longer in Beijing!! We left the hostel at about 9.30am and hailed a taxi to the airport. After a very smooth and speedy check-in we were left to wait in the departure lounge for 2 hours! ... [Continue reading this entry]

Today our tourist mood took us to the summer palace. The emperor's sort of second home (lets hope no mps are claiming one this big!), set in nearly 800 acres of land with a man made hill and lake it ... [Continue reading this entry]

Last night we made it to the night market. It was pretty amazing with stalls selling lots of strange foods! Grant was brave enough to buy a stick of scorpians, which were still alive before being deep fried! He ate the ... [Continue reading this entry]

Today was was a bit brighter than it has been with the sun trying its best to penetrate the smog! This also meant that it was quite warm! After a late breakfast at about 10.30 we met with Korea and ... [Continue reading this entry]