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I had a good time in Hong Kong though there was a permanent cloud hanging over the city and a continuous cloud from the traffic at ground level as well. The only way to escape it was to become part of it by taking a bus or other public transport. As there are many islands, there are regular ferries which shuttle you between them for just 20p.

The best thing was the shopping. Having belonged formerly to the British Empire they had large bookshops full of English books only. I spent a long time in a few. It is really hard to get English books in Japan unless the movie version has recently come out or it`s a classic like Dickens and there is nothing like the same sort of scale as Hong Kong.

We ate Dim Sum of course and it was lovely. I also saw famous Japanese pro wrestling star Antonio Inoki in a hotel we went into for dinner.

And EVERYBODY could speak English near-fluently.

The above picture is the view of Hong Kong from Victoria Peak. I`ve made a Flickr set of some of the pictures I took.

Tags: Japan, Osaka, Asia, Quaisi, Kansai, Expat, English, Hong Kong, Holiday