Hong Kong 2026

I arrived in Hong Kong with my mum and we got a taxi to the hotel to drop off my bags. Then we went for Hong Kong pizza, a little walk around and the boat over to the other side and back. I took my mum back to the airport and then C arrived at the hotel later on having come from Disney.

Day one

We started the day at Bakehouse. We loved it there! We both eventually bought Bakehouse socks and I also got a hat. We wandered around the park near our hotel and the waterfront and then ...

05.04.26

I’m knackered, both mentally and physically. I can’t wait to see C but I think trotting about Hong Kong, Taiwan and China for 2 and a half weeks is going to finish me off. If we have to stay in a room with a glass bathroom, I just cannot. Even if I was on my own I wouldn’t want that! It’s like rooms with bathtubs in the bedroom, its just not needed. No one wants it. ...

19.03.26

Trying to look for hotels in China and a lot of them seem to just have glass bathrooms right in the room. I’ve been friends with C since I was 11 but no, I can’t deal with that!

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Ehime + Onomichi – Oct 2025_3

Onomichi・尾道

We got a boat to Onomichi and then got another boat to Mukaishima to have pizza and then got another boat back.

I thought it would be a good idea to book a hotel at the top of the hill, which you can see below. The views were good, the walk up and down wasn’t that great, especially in the heat and humidity.

Temple Walk which turned into Cat Alley.

Breakfast at the hotel. They had gone to a lot of trouble to make me a completely vegan breakfast. No dashi even! Unfortunately, the miso also had an astronomical ...