7th Jan - 9th Jan Mon - arrived in Hong Kong in the evening. Ate tasty dinner in a really, really cheap restaurant - about £4. All signs in windows etc. in Chinese and no other Europeans in sight. Tues - Wandered round the city beginning in Kowloon park, which is an oasis in the city, full of sculptures and with the biggest fountain we’ve seen outside of Las Vegas. Took the Star Ferry, a historical boat line, across to Hong Kong Island. Wandered around Exchange Square, which is the centre of the business area and, like everywhere else in Hong Kong, has a shopping mall. We then took the bus to Victoria Peak, which was quite an experience as the bus route snaked up the side of the mountain passing improbably tall and slender apartment
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