James & Heather Travelogues

We arrived on Hong Kong island at the new airport in a thick layer of fog; however we never really planned to do any sunbathing in HK so it wasn't a drama.

Rather than catch the MRT (the new train line built to service the airport), we caught a bus as it is significantly cheaper and headed towards Causeway Bay where our hostel was located. So far everything was running smooth...

On arrival, we spent 45 minutes wandering up and down a street looking for the entrance. It was only after we realised that it was on a specific floor of a building that we found it. Basically, in Hong Kong backpacker hostels tend to take up around about floor of a building, splitting it into rooms, etc. Certianly different to what we were used to. Anyway, we checked in with no problems eventually.

The next day, I was on a mission to acquire a new camera to replace the one that had died on the Mekong Delta. Dragging Heather along to about a dozen different shops, which took most of the day, we eventually settled for Fuji digital SLR. No more lens envy for me! Having sunk about $600, we decided that it was time to sink a few beers and try some authentic Cantonese cuisine.

The next day, we took the tram up the side of Hong Kong to the top to take in the spectacular views from the top. Unfortunately, the aforesaid mist greatly reduced the chances of seeing anything but it still was worthy of a few pictures with the new camera. We planned on staying until twilight but in the end became bored as we had a 2 hour wait and nothing to occupy us. So it was back down the tram, where we stopped at a noodle bar for a really cheap bowl of noodles (quite an appropriate place to get them really).

Not too bad first few days really...