Hong Kong - part 2

We've crossed Victoria harbour on the Star Ferry to HK island and admired the sky line, visited Hong Kong's oldest temple, ridden the central escalator - the longest in the world - for 20 minutes up through the mid-levels, and eaten a traditional dim sum breakfast. The tram ride up to the top of Victoria Peak was amazing - or rather the view was - and luckily we chose a clear night...

We battled through the Temple Street night market and bought fake T-shirts. Speaking of which, the shopping here is incredible - I battle with myself each time I pass a shopping centre (and there are plenty of those), knowing that I am not on a shopping holiday and I must not spend a fortune.

Our friends the Americans arrived, and we spent a couple of days sightseeing with them. We took a trip on a wooden sampan around the fishing harbour of Aberdeen, we shopped in Stanley market and walked up to the standing Buddha on Lantau island (the tallest outdoor standing bronze Buddha in the world) and wandered the nearby Wisdom Path, an ancient sutra engraved in a group of wooden pillars, overlooking the mountains.

That's it from Hong Kong - apart from the next episode of Tim's hair experiments - tune in!