Our arrival at Manchester at 8:20 this morning followed 18 hours of flying from Hong Kong via Singapore. The Hong Kong section was easy by flying over the South China Sea. The section from Singapore was more complicated. We took a short cut across the Indian Ocean to Southeast India and then over the Arabian …
We used the Star Ferry from Kowloon to Central Hong Kong Island in order to visit Exchange Square. This is the Hong Kong Stock Exchange that has a public viewing platform overlooking the harbour. We walked along Connaught Road to another building new to us. The International Finance Centre has three floors of shopping and …
This morning the sunrise penetrated the bedroom curtains and the harbour came alive. One member of the party heard the dawn chorus – not of birds, but of engines of ferries starting up. After breakfast we moved to the Star Ferry and Ocean Terminals at the western end of Salisbury Road. We were in time …
At 7:00 a.m. this morning we were being gently pushed alongside the terminal in Hong Kong. This is on the site of the former Kai Tak Airport. It was here in 1996 that the Lisle family arrived for the first time. The approach to the runway was literally across the roof tops and one was …
Today was a day at sea as we crossed the Gulf of Tonkin and the South China Sea on our two day journey to Hong Kong. We have travelled so far that as you will see we have left the map and are on the carpet!! We have experienced overcast skies, rain and Force 6 …
Today we are in Sanya, China, on an island in the Deep South of the country. This modern city is fringed with mountains and forest and has a crescent shaped mile long beach. It is a busy fishing port and a place where cargoes are carried by junks to smaller settlements around the coast. The …
It is our second day in Halong Bay so we took the opportunity to walk towards the town. To do this we followed a cone-lined walkway. En route we watched a local fishing boat, with the fisherman’s wife at the bow hauling in the nets. It did not appear to be a big catch. At …
We had arrived in Halong Bay, Vietnam, before we awoke and witnessed early morning activities and the front line of limestone pillars that we will explore this afternoon. At lunchtime we departed, on board a converted fishing junk, for a cruise around Halong Bay. This included lunch of local produce. Delicious! Halong Bay is, according …
A day at sea. At 8:30 a.m. this morning we saw fishing boats from a local fishing community hard at work as we approached, having left Da Nang last night. Currently we have a heading of 341° at approximately 110°E and 17°N. On land this is the DMZ or demilitarised zone established in 1954 in …
We arrived at Da Nang, Vietnam around 6:30 a.m. and will use this as a base from which to explore the Imperial City of Hue. The city was the capital of the Nguyên Empire during their reign from 1802 – 1945. To reach Hue we drove along the dramatic coastline and through a mountain range. …