27th May 2010 We started our morning sat in the very front seats on the top deck of a tram, whizzing along Hong Kong Island with the wind in our hair (well mine at least!). It really is a fabulous way to see the city and it’s just a shame there’s only really one line. Although the underground is efficient, you spend so much time underground that you miss life going on above ground. ...
25th May 2010 We woke to a blue sky day today, so decided to return to the Zoological and Botanical Gardens that we had passed through the other day. On the way we walked past one of the ferry terminals on Hong Kong Island, offering a great view across to Kowloon. Arriving at the Zoological and Botanical Gardens we started again in the primates sections which we had passed through quickly before. It really is quite sad seeing these animals in such small cages, especially compared to Singapore Zoo. The chimpanzees in particular just don’t seem to have much space, and there is no natural greenery of any sort in their cage, just some metal framework for them to cling to. We passed by some other smaller primates - again these had no planting of any sort in their cage, and not a great deal of space. The animals just all look so sad. ...