Hong Kong

Hong I went to Hong Kong to visit Tina and Matt who are here on
holiday for a week, so I planned to drop in for Tina's Show at The
Peninsula Hotel. The flight from Phuket to Hong Kong is only 2
hours. Hong Kong International Airport replaced the old one at
Kai Tak, which was once ranked the 6th most dangerous airport
in the world because of the surrounding skyscrapers and
mountains. Tina once described looking down on aeroplanes
landing from an apartment above the runway, which stretched
into Victoria Harbour.
The new airport at Lantau is built on a large artificial island
formed by levelling Chek Lap Kok and Lam Chau islands and
reclaiming 10km² of the adjacent seabed. After the long queue for
immigration, I do not need a visa as a UK citizen, so I head for the
new Airport train. It's fast and clean and after 45 minutes I was at
Hong Kong Central. The line has only a few stops and connects
Lantau island with Kowloon and Hong Kong Island. The train
terminal is spotlessly clean and very quiet at late evening.From
here I take a long walk across a subterranean mall to the Central
tube.