After 12 hours of flying, 7 hours of films, 4 documentaries, 8 meals and quite a few hours of sleep between us, landing in Hong Kong (even in the middle of a typhoon) came as a relief!! We ventured into wind and rain to meet Bruce Lee - One of the celebrities on the ‘walk of the stars’ water front in Kawloon Bay and enjoyed our first misty view of the Hong Kong sky line. We then took a 12p ferry across to the main city (an island) and travelled up the longest escalator in the world up to Soho for lunch. Everyone walked around on futuristic escalators and elevated walkways across the city..just like in the science fiction films! An authentic afternoon in Hong Kong included the Manmo temple where the incense smelt a lot
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