No internet

We were off to the HK train early on Tuesday morning. This time we did see the countryside in daylight and it was educating if nothing else.

Big overview made me think it was industrial all the way through but that is not the case. Every little bit of bankment and river side grows food for the people in the cities. Not rice, but many kinds of fruit trees and vegetables. Food grown in the shadow of heavy industry and irrigated from the heavily polluted waterways ...made me shiver.

HK was foggy. Our 5* hotel on HK island very unsatisfactory. Harbour Grand. Oh, it did look good but the service was appalling, the quality of rooms very poor and the "harbour view" available by perching on a window sill. NO Free Internet Either.

It rained and there was no point going to the Point, so we asked for the best book shop on the island and spent a good few hours choosing new books for Glo'. All of the books likely available cheaper here in the UK, but it is so important to vet them myself. My standards are pretty high and I want every book I buy to be an extension to her book collection, not a duplicate or poor quality item with very little long term value.

That sort of concluded the day. The clouds drifted away to show a reasonable sunset before the rain returned.