Adventures - Day 1

Number of chinese beers drunk = 0
Number of chinese meals eaten = 0

Yesterday doesn't really count - we were jet lagged, tired confused and a bit overwhelmed! (There'll only be three days of adventures, we start work on Monday - boo!) This may be when we realise we're not actually on holiday but here to stay...

This morning we got up and went for a bit of a wander. Down the road we have Happy Valley Race Course, races are on every other weds (Oktoberfest theme at the minute too!) and apparently everyone flocks there.

We needed to get Octopous cards, just like Oyster cards but you can pay for stuff with them in shops too. This is very handy since we can set up auto top-up online linked to our credit cards since we don't have HK bank accounts yet!

Jack Wills / One of many massive posh shopping centres we encountered...

We also came across three M&S shops and a Pizza Express, think I got a bit excited I can still buy cheese tasters so took a few pics, I'm sure you know what they look like...

Octopus card purchased and we got on the MTR (like the tube, but ridiculously clean) from Hong Kong Island to Kowloon. We went to collect some City Passes Mark and Sarah (aka the Crazies) had bought us as a very generous wedding gift. Looking forward to using these for more sightseeing / exploring!!

Hong Kong Skyline

Cool bears from Germany that Jackie Chan bought - we saw loads of these in Munich a couple of years back!

Me at the 'Avenue of Stars'

We then got the Star ferry back over to the island, they run every 5 minutes or so and cost a whole 20pence!

Boats on a boat, nice!

View from the ferry as we approach HK Island

And then we just wandered a bit more.

Crazy Window display in Harvey Nichols (seen two so far!)

Mid levels escalator (longest outdoor covered escalator in the world, fascinating...).

Husband on escalator

Funky building with cool lights.

And then it was beer time. Went to a nice Belgian bar, they had no cider but apple beer tastes just as good (I may also have had a Smirnoff Ice, classy).

Then we went for tasty thai food for tea at an aptly named restaurant - 'Tasty Thai'. No pictures of that I'm afraid, we ate it too fast!

Just need work to be ok and I think we're very much going to like it here!!