It’s all cold and expensive but it’s getting warmer day by day and I start liking the city in which it looks hard to find a good meal on the Japanese menu or someone who speaks english at the first sight. But somehow it works out mostly:-)
As my wallet already hides when I arrive at a reception or at a cashier desk I so not dare to buy a sim card for mobile internet here in Tokyo -its freaking expensive. This is why I put three days in one long entry. I already apologise for its length and please do enjoy the pictures at the end after absorbing the whole entry!

First of all I decided to sleep in on the first a day to give my self some time to recover from the flight and facing a new cold environment. That was the first wrong decision as every hour after 10 am checkout has to be paid with 500 yen. Anyways I paid a 1000 extra and had a nice bath before.
I were starving lacking in breakfast and decided to have a snack in the Chinese restaurant just below the hostel. Meanwhile I was checking the main sights in my tourist guide book.
The first attraction to me was the Tokyo public transport system. So many different train connections and station. I managed to come to the imperial palace. Although it was not possible to enter it was worth the stroll along the outside area.
Next,I have been to the parliament and then to ginza district with the brand street for dinner. There were a lot of famous brands along the street but also Japanese brands unknown to me. Also in ginza district,I have been visiting the Sony show rooms within the Sony building. There were quite many Sony inventions displayed. I tried the car race simulator. It was a drivers seat with a steering wheel mounted in front of the chair and two pedals in the feet area. once I sat the staff helped me to adjust the digital specs with integrated displays and put a headphone on my head. Fully equipped my race started and I finished last. The steering was just so different to normal driving. After removing all the technical equipment I thanked for the experience and told her that Sony will have to work hard to make this a real like experience.
I hung out the rest of the day In the hard rock café – no burger this time but a chocolate thick shake.

The second day I didn’t make the same mistake again and left hotel premises at 10 am. After some time in the spa I headed out to discover the shinjuku district. Within it I found the observation platform of the metropolitan government building with good views, also to mount Fuji. It’s very rare to see it from Tokyo due to fog and distance. Also I have been wandering along the shinjuku southern terrace. When I tried to find the entrance to the shinjuku gyoen national garden I recognised that  It is closed on mondays – such a pity, 30 minutes wasted. I took lunch in  dennys’s a restaurant chain which offers food on reasonable prices In the asakusa district.
I actually planned to wander along the markets and old buildings in this district but ended up passing the stylish beer mug shaped asahi brewery ltd. building on the way to the Tokyo sky tree to watch the sunset. I don’t know why this sperm alike looking gold object has been placed on the asahi building but it’s somehow distracting.
Somehow the time flew by on the sky tree which is why I only managed to go back to the asakusa area after shops were closed.
Back to the shinjuku area I have been asked by at least 5 male if I would like to join for a drink in their establishment – did I choose the wrong area to stay? I am sure their talk is rather linked to their business than to my breathtaking appearance.

Just today I headed out to see the odaiba district. The view from the fuji TV headquarters globe observation platform was a nice start. I went along the park areas to the national museum of emerging science and innovation which is closed on Tuesday. What a pity that today is just Tuesday – what is it with me and closed attractions? I backed up the park again to the Venus shopping center. The second floor is worth a visit as it is made to look like an ancient romantic village with bars and bistros. In the middle of the shopping center is a history garage where old cars and miniatures are put on display, quite nice exemplars there:-)
At the far end is a Toyota showroom where visitors can try Toyota cars on a charge of 300 yen if they carry their drivers license along. Well I didn’t have it with me and anyways test drives in Germany are free. But don’t worry,I had my test drive in 2 drive simulators. One of both was very realistic. And in the f1 simulator I have been first place at the second try.
I intentionally didn’t ride the large ferris wheel just next to the shopping center: haven’t I been on enough observation platforms recently and the queue was far too long. I experienced how it is to be stuck in an elevator during an earthquake in the “Tokyo rinkai disaster prevention park”. They sensible visitors on having food on stock for at least 72 hours after an disaster, who to call in an emergency and how to act facing different disaster scenarios.
Back to the rainbow bridge I enjoyed stunning views of it and,the skyline of Tokyo from its promenade. I was just too late to take the stylish water bus north the river to asakusa – next day. Instead I took a train, again too late to see the busy shopping life in asakusa. After a refreshing meal In asakusa area I went to the second  hrc In Tokyo at the ueno station for a nice chocolate thick shake as desert.

Lets Check what the next days have to offer!

Some pixies but not too many as it is cold to walk around with the mobile in the fingers:

Last snow - not much but still it's there:-)

One of the two hrc's In Tokyo

Mount Fuji - can you see it?

Tokyo, small public transport network

Fuji television headquarters with observation globe

Drive simulator in Toyota showroom

Sensoji temple

Tokyo sky tree

Stay tuned, the next day is already half done;-)

I arrived in Tokyo last night.
The temperature must have been close to zero, my hands were freezing dragging the trolley.
I arrived in the capsule hotel and managed to have dinner in the hotels restaurant and a few words on  wapp before I felt in bed.
The hotel is men only, the spa has one steam room, and three pools. One of them is freezing cold, the others are warm. Everything seems spotless clean in this hotel.
Price is roughly 30 euro per night but I think I want to stay here for the 7 nights even though it’s double the amount of my maximum for a night.
Have a look at my capsule:

Just after breakfast I will start exploring!
Stay tuned!

Short touch down in seoul. In 15 minutes, I’ll be off to Tokyo:-)

A small click to express my mood:-)

And the pilot had fun flying or a few glasses too much wine to his complementary fish meal

I made it on time to the airport, managed to return my convenience card for public transport and had some breakfast.
Pasta at McDonalds:

Boarding starts soon and just 15 minutes after the final call I will be up in the air.

The exchange rate for Tokyo is about 120 yen for one euro. And the day temperature is approx 7 degrees.
I booked a bed in a capsule hotel for the first two nights.

Lets go for the next adventure!

I am in the mood to sing “it’s time to say good bye (to hongkong)” but first of all I can not sing and second I still have this evening!

Lamma island was a nice island getaway of the busy town of hongkong!
I met this French Guy on the ferry to the island and was on discovering tour with him the whole day.
We arrived in yung shue wan, had a light snack and made our way through the jungle of the island. The hike was easy as the path was completely concrete. There were quite a few beaches on the way and it was actually quite warm – damn that I didn’t bring swim gear. Another highlight was the massive power station built on the island. Can you imagine the perfect romantic situation of lying on the beach with your partner and as soon as you stop kissing her because you need to breath, you face this power plant – awesome!
Apart from that not much else than a few seafood restaurant in both villages of the island. Back to central with the ferry from the other village, luk chau wan.
I scanned the eastern hongkong island for restaurants but didn’t find any special, see the menu below.I went back to kowloon area in my hostel at midnight already.

I discovered Cheung chau island today. Another nice island get away. I decided to stay more on beaches, listening to the waves and reading rather than hiking all day long – no sport necessary, body is already in perfect shape:-P  I actually spent long time on the beaches but at least the same amount of time hiking from one beach to another because I didn’t find the right paths straight away.
Nevertheless This was definitely very relaxing:-)

Now, Back on hongkong island I sit in the muse bar, enjoying a plate of nachos and a Coke, spending my last hongkong dollars.
This reminds me that I have to leave this colourful and vibrant city for an even larger city: Tokyo!
The flight is tomorrow at noon time!

You shall be rewarded with some pictures:

Lamma island beach

Dog poo area – I am sure it does know how to use it

Yammi – I take all of them

I take the 4th in the 3rd row – and don’t fool me!

Beach on Cheung chau

Two days ago,I actually staid on the peak until after sunset and actually much longer. Sunset was around 6 and only half as nice because it was very cloudy. But then I decided to stay until after the laser show of which I wrote in the last entry. it was quite cold up there on the terrace for the duration of 2 hours and the laser show was not worth it. The music which accompanies the show was just missing and the green lasers were just not visible from that angle.
I took the bus instead of tram down to central station – much cheaper.
Close to central is the mid level escalator,an 800 m long roofed, mostly covered with escalators, path to the mid levels. I ended up In a pub in the soho area. The name SoHo seems to come from it’s location: South of Hollywood road.

The day before yesterday I have mostly spent in the area where the Giant Buddha sits. In that area I walked the wisdom path, the fun path and listened to a monk ceremony. It looks like wisdom is only for Chinese as the wisdom boards are all written in Chinese signs. Not to mention The photo with the huge sitting Buddha. There was still plenty of time when I reached back to the Kowloon area. I strolled through the beautiful lit nan lian garden, ate dinner in the kowloon food district and enjoyed a few markets (flower, ladies and fa yuen) in that area. No pub that day, instead a few relaxing skypes with friends from Germany.

Yesterday I mostly hung out in the central and western district of hongkong island. There are again several markets but most impressive was the dried seafood market. Not only dried whole fish but also dried chicken (complete with legs, head, eyes,etc.) or dried pork head (eyes, mouth, nose,etc.) hung there. I found some antique non sense in the upper lascar road and saw a double storey tram in the Roads.
Later I walked through a fresh market area where I was able to witness the murder of fresh fish. On the way to the hongkong zoologic and botanic garden I glanced at the only 4 remaining gas lamps at the duddel street steps.
Finally I went to the garden. I spotted some bird, monkeys and turtles in their cages but didn’t pay attention to the flora. Listen to the audio file if your device supports it.
Just one more park that day: Hong Kong Park. A pity that the walk through aviary was already closed by the time I reached.
To give myself a rest after all that walking I spent a few hours in the hard rock café, spending a fortune and meeting british. The all Philippino life band was great! And the classic 6 Oz burger just juicy and yummy!

Today I will discover lamma island!
It’s only small but I think it will take the whole day to explore.

Thank you for reading all that dry stuff, here is your reward – some pictures:

Skyline by night from the peak

Deep fried dumplings! Yum

Giant buddha

Giant Buddha behind fog

Western market entrance

Bloody fish, freshly killed

Vietnamese sausage in soup

Womens dream - the all weather shopping link

Botanical garden - fountain terrace

It's self explaining, isn't it?

My room - nice and tidy

Lamma island

I am currently at the peak in hongkong, enjoying a great view from the restaurant bubba Gump!

But hey what happened the other day?
I was trying to get used to the transport system (which is quite easy) on my first evening in this vast city.
I ended up at the night market just before it was closing at mid night because it took me a while to go there.nothing to see here…anymore.
To put myself a smile on the face after this disappointing moment I went into a Irish pub: it was karaoke night. That was a lot of fun watching and listening others singing!
the other day I have been searching for a spare battery for my mobile as the old one comes hardly a day! I also watched a kung fu show in the afternoon and the laser show at the pier at 8 pm. another hours on that day I just relaxed in the Kowloon park. Nightly I seeked another Irish but it’s not worth to write more about it.
Today I have been on the viewing platform of the icf tower.then I used the peak tram to get up to the peak where I sit now for dinner.
I plan to go outside for sunset and stay on the peak until 9 pm.

They have myriads of shopping malls here. What they do that ms posh is not getting wet in rainy weather? They build so called “all weather shopping links”, roofed bridges between the malls.

After all the text, some pictures?

I am strong-10 hkd

Extra power

Breakfast

I can't walk 5 stairs, lets go escalator

Peak tram

Peak tram

Peak tram

Hard rock shop on the peak

The peak building

Finally I am sitting in a pub, enjoying free wifi and power for the mobile charger.
But lets start from the beginning…the pool party on ko pha ngan!

Drinks were amazingly cheep.a bucket of whiskey Coke was for 5 euro only. I was sitting beside the pool with feets hanging inside it. People kept jumping in the pool which is why my upper body got more wet when the time passed. So I finally decided to get rid of my t shirt and to stand inside the pool. To not endanger my plan of sun bathing in the morning the day after the party I went to bed at 2 am. I pretty much enjoyed my first pool party and will come back to the full moon party in a few years:-)
I successfully swam in the sea the morning after and had some breakfast with feet touching the white sand of haad rins beach.
just after, at 11.45, the long journey back to Bangkok began.
First,a taxi to the main pier of ko pha ngan, then a ferry ride to main land Thailand which took 2.5 hours. a joint bus brought me to the train station of surat thani where I had to pass a few hours until boarding the train to Bangkok. The train was already 2 hours late when I boarded it.that delay already made
Me think of missing my plane to hongkong. Thank good the delay has not grown larger over night. I reached Bangkok 11 am today morning, had to rush to yha downtown to pick up / re pack my luggage  and to get onrotating feet to the airport. I reached the airport one hour before the departure of my flight and was still able to check in. the rest was easy:-)

It had approximately 17 degrees when I reached hongkong.
I will keep you informed about me being in hongkong!

Unfortunately there are no pictures of the pool party on my mobile. But there is a picture of my nice bungalow:

After party revitalising breakfast

Ok, yes I arrived on the island ko pha ngan today but its every thing else then full moon. Hence there is no full moon party. Tomorrow night is the half moon party but by that time I will already sit in the train back to Bangkok. So what to do? I moved in a nice bungalow at coral bungalows and will join the pool party tonight:-) Tomorrow At noon the ferry back to mainland departs,I hopefully will be able to do some sun bathing before!

I finally made it to koh Tao.
I arrived at about 10.00 am in my resort at sunset beach.
I passed the time to now with breakfast, lunch, swimming and snorkelling!
I have to leave paradise in only two days of time:/
I will sleep on koh Phan gan tomorrow night and return to Bangkok the day after!

Here is a small impression of my snorkelling bay:

Somehow nemo is yellow black here…