Blogs from Lamma Island, Hong Kong, Asia

I was up very early, so that I could head to Lamma Island for the day. I was really looking forward to exploring the island as everything I had read online and friends' experiences were all very positive. I stopped off at McDonalds for breakfast and a coffee. There were quite a few homeless looking people making use of the place to have a nap as it was a really big store and pretty quiet. Then I headed over to the Star Ferry pier and took the ferry across to Central. From there I headed to the depaarture dock for Lamma Island. The ferries run to two different ports on Lamma Island: Sok Kwu Wan and Yung Shue Wan. Most of the stuff I read about doing the Family Trail across the island, the people had ... read more

FRIENDS! FAMILY! ESTEEMED RAGAMUFFINS! On the 2nd October, I will be heading back home. After a year of living and working in Hong Kong, I am looking forward to cold weather, dandelion and burdock, and people whose madness I understand. There are, of course, several flights every day from Hong Kong to UK, but I have decided against this. I don't want to get a flight; they are boring. Instead of sitting for 24 hours with crying children, ear-popping, bad food, and a functioning entertainment system a mile up in the air, I am instead going to be travelling overland for weeks.... with crying children, a stiff back, weird food, and no entertainment system (beyond the company of strangers). My journey (a mixture of train, car, bus, etc.) will take me from the south of China ... read more

This blog is a long one, but I figure since it's been awhile since I've posted you all wouldn't mind :o) Also, I am now having trouble with my Flicker account, so there are no links to albums. I tried to create a link for the albums from my iPhoto, but I can't figure out how. I'm not very computer savy, lol. If anyone has suggestions on an easier way to upload albums let me know! Oh and after this post I am not going to have access to Face Book anymore b/c you can't get FB in China. I've had it up to this point b/c my friends have the Astrall VPN on their computer, but they are leaving tomorrow. So, if you've been reading this through the FB posts and you want to keep ... read more

Took the fast ferry to Lamma Island, It's much quieter there, no cars as such, just miniature single seat phut phut tipper trucks that are the workhorses on the island. Cimbed the hill to Hong Kong's only wind turbine. Didn't dare try the local seafood (kept live in tanks for freshness) so had a Zinger burger at the fast food outlet near my hotel, tasted good but meat was really stringy, wasn't sure if it was chicken:-S... read more

Saturday morning, Kelly & Cali headed back to Shenzhen as Pete & Martin came over the border to meet up with Staci and I. The four of us first went to another hostel to check in for the night. Us girls got to stay at YesInn which is a pricier hostel in Hong Kong but also the most modern of them all that we have stayed in. But we have been staying at another hostel on Hong Kong Island for cheaper, so we made the switch for the 2nd night. We then head to Just Salad, a restaurant, which Martin and Staci have raved about and we hadn't been to yet. We got to either chose a salad or a wrap. The little things we miss in Mainland China. After we enjoyed lunch we headed to ... read more