HK part 1

Well, we're in Hong Kong and have been here a week now, staying in Kowloon on Nathan Road - the Oxford Street of HK.





We expected the humungous hotel prices so headed straight for the Mirador Mansions, wee sister and neighbour to the legendary Chungking Mansions (look it up...). The heavily populated Mansions are tower blocks of shabby curry houses, fake goods shops, tailors and, most famously, cockroach-ridden, cramped and very, very cheap guesthouses - the Mirador Mansions are slightly less horrendous than Chungking, and we found ourselves a box room on the 10th floor for a tenner a night. Not cheap enough, but the best deal we could find.





The bed fits in snugly between three of the walls, with a 30cm gap between the end of the bed and the door. Somewhere in there is a little pod bathroom, but it's pretty hard to maneouvre yourself into it! We have a tiny window that overlooks a shaft in middle of the block, and some very noisy neighbours.

But we like it, it's cosy and clean(ish), although the duvet smells remarkably of fish... and on several occasions have we spotted little cockroaches running around on the bed...






We've had 7 days here in Hong Kong, so we've been taking it easy, sorting out future travel plans and making the most of civilisation - most notably the western toilets, paper provided! There are so many reminders of Britain here, it's bizarre - the policemen wear Met style bobby uniforms, the cars drive on the left, people travel on London buses - the list goes on. The weather was the worst reminder - you're wet, it's hazy but there are no drops - classic British rain.... Luckily it didn't last and it's now 20-something degrees!