Ok, I've been very poor at updating all this over the past few weeks. For several reasons like lack of time and any internet connection. But at least I'm doing it now! We arrived by boat into Kowloon's China Ferry Terminal and wandered out onto the main street. As usual for southern China the heat was oppressive. We headed to the nearest Metro stop through the neon jungle and immediately found the atmosphere very different from the mainland. The people no longer stared at us, there was a much greater racial mix and we heard English spoken widely. First impressions were very good though. Our destination was the Hong Kong Hostel in Causeway Bay, on Hong Kong island. We breezed there very easily on the excellent Metro system, which felt very similar to Shanghai's, and after
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