Taxi to the bus station. Bye bye Fred see you in a couple of years. Plane. Hong Kong. Hi Dave. Cool shuttle train with TV's in the back of the seats. Octopus card (prepay card like an oyster card for the tube). Ace. We're staying in the very swish Wharney Hotel, Lockhart Road, Wan Chai, which appears to be in the centre of the red light district but in a non-threatening, lots of normal bars and restaurants, kind of way. Think it's just the ex pat hang out. Met up with two of dave's friends from MET, jo and kath, and went and had a mini banquet at La Fian, Pork Dumplings on the street behind our hotel. Very nice classic dishes although my chopsticks pride came before several falls! Went on to Joe Bananas (B-A-N-A-N-A-S!)
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