Hong Kong - our last place on this tour

Well the bed on the bus was not as bad as I was expecting it to be - Suri liked it less - as she kept watching the driver - as I have reported before the drivers are crazy in China - and he was no exception overtaking on bends and three or four trucks at a time - also at night the drivers all seem to use their beam - crazzzzzyyy.

Our final stop in mainland China was the border town of Shenzhen - here we got off the bus and crossed the road to the railway station, changed our currency from the Yuan to the HK Dollar - the rates are almost identical.

Before we knew it we were going through customs - very straight forward - though not entirely sure of the reason for the border - as HK is now part of China.

Then onto the train that whizzed us through the Northern Territories of HK and after a change onto the metro we arrived at Jordon and located our new room - just around the corner. Now we realised the difference - the last hotel in Guilan charged 100 Yuan a night - in HK its 700 a night - Suri tried her best to knock the price down - but no chance as its also the holiday period now.

So what have we done - well we have been on the ferry a few times across the harbour - we have been on the Funicular up to the Peak - that's the best viewing point - we have been on a tour to yet another temple and back to see the border - (finishing off in the usual jewelry factory .... boring) - and yesterday we went to see the biggest Buddha in HK - pretty impressive it was too.

Last night was the official holiday day so there were fireworks and a light show over the harbour, the whole thing was impressive - but there was a lot of waiting around - but there must have been about 100,000 people there the roads were all closed to traffic and it was amazingly well managed.

On our last few days now so better get going.

CYA.....