Jo and Hayley's SEA journal From Vietnam to Bali, our most extensive South East Asia trip yet!

We took the ferry from Shekou port to Hongkong, took about an hour, easy and not crowded. Taxi to our new hotel, the T-Hotel, Pokfulam. Exceptionally nice hotel, well appointed room with views over the South China sea. A little out of town, but easy enough to get about. Hongkong is hillier than I thought, and there are double-decker buses and trams flying around the streets. We have spent the last couple of days getting our bearings and navigating transport and a bit of shopping. The food here is much much better, with tons of choice and a lot of western food. Yesterday we had high tea at the hotel, little cakes and nibblies on a 3 tiered tray, very British! We have located the food and bar areas around Soho and had a pleasant wander about, and some cheap but tasty Kebabs. Went to watch the parade for New Year, but was so crowded and the time between the floats was quite long so we gave up and caught the metro home. Tonight there is the firework display over Kowloon harbour, which I'm looking forward to, Hayley not that fussed. Anyway we have some things to do over the next week ; Pub crawl Thursday night, Ocean Park, The Peak and some markets, and Disneyland of course, so some fun ahead.  Phone credit is proving difficult to come across for China unicom, so it might be a while before I call home (for mum and dad). Love to all!!! xxxxx