OZ -1 (HK+2): Over in Kowloon...

14p well spent - went over on the Star Ferry from the island to Kowloon.



Actually, 28p, because we pushed the boat out and came back too. The ferries are very well designed, front-to-back symmetrical so there's no turning round necessary. They just plough back and forth across the harbour 16 hours a day, every few minutes.

Very touristy as soon as you get off, and the reminder that you are in the Olympic host country is ever present. Small cutesy characters advertise everything everywhere - so much so that it's likely that Hello Kitty is now the official emblem of Hong Kong...



Just a little further up is Nathan Road...



If you want a fake Rolex or sunglasses or luggage or anything with expensive branding but done on the cheap, this is your place. Much more Chinese, much less western. Fewer tourists, so those few get the full treatment, with traders virtually cutting your way off and chasing you down the street every few yards trying to get you to buy something.

If you wanted a fake Rolex as a present, you're going to be disappointed...

(Postscript: Didn't get Jackie Burton's recommendation of the Peking Restaurant at No. 227 until I was in Australia, so missed it. Will have Chinese takeaway in Oz to make up for it...)