Hong Kong

We flew from Shanghai to Shenzhen a city considered to be IN China (which Hong Kong isn't) for cheaper than our train ride from Beijing to Shanghai. Thumbs up to Shenzhen Airlines. Headed into Hong Kong proper took about 1hr or 2hr from the airport. We bunked up in Causeway Bay that night and walked around guided by an Ottawa native who happened to have arrived one day before us. We went to the races more by luck than by plan, and we arrive to pouring rains which cleans the railing and we happily take a front row seat and the rains stop. Perfect. Watched the horse racing there and called it a night. We moved to Kowloon for the remaining days to save some money and from there travelled the rest.(the picture is our room in Kowloon) In the 7 days in HK we saw Victoria Peak, HK Museum of History, the harbour and all that jazz. We spent several nights on Lan Kwai Fong the bar district where we watched a couple taped NHL playoff games and on one occasion ended up dancing with a local cover band somewhat on stage...that one needed a little bit of liquid courage to happen but nonetheless. We met up with the lovely Rachel Choo who became a dining partner on several occasions and also came to enjoy a Caesar at "The Keg" in Lan Kwai Fong, the same place that we watched the NHL games at. We also caught the lackluster FA Cup Final at another bar there where they always serve a ton of peanuts with beers. We also arranged our ticket and visa for Vietnam and cut it nice and close but what else would u expect. We headed to Macau on our final day in HK and saw that it was nothing too special, HK is definitely the richer older brother in this case. And then on Thursday the 24th we flew Vietnam Airlines to Ho Chi Minh City. HK was definitely more expensive than anywhere else but it still was around Vancouver prices. On to Vietnam. (and finally some beaches)