Well this must be the worst trip I’ve had to Hong Kong so far, it did not go to plan at all. I had every intention of walking a few trails over the islands but instead the dreaded bird flu took hold and laid me up in bed. One box of cold and flu tablets and several boxes of tissues and one new nose later I seem to be on the mend.

I wandered about Hong Kong island for a few hours yesterday exploring the many narrow back streets and worked up quite a sweat at times. More so I think because of the drugs left in my system.

So now I’m at the new train station in Kowloon and waiting for my train to Shanghai. It will take around eight and a half hours to get there which is really amazing. It’s about 1500km or so and then I’ll have to get another train home. It’s going to be a long day but it might be better using the train than flying between the two cities.

I usually fly and it means that I have to take a bus to the airport and then walk to the train station and then the second train, this might sound easier but with the check in times and waiting for the baggage at the other end might make the train a little quicker.