Transit at Hong Kong … are we there yet? No, not quite … just 9 hours to Adelaide which will now seem like a hop, skip and a jump compared to the nearly 12 hours to get here from London.  The route was remarkable – keeping safely north over the Baltic countries, then the endless miles of northern Russia and across China. You know you are a long way from your normal commute when you can see Ulaanbaatar on the map, however big the scale is.  

Hong Kong airport, as many of you will know, is a temple to contemporary consumerism. Glass, several storeys of shops, paid-for lounges.  But it also has good food at a range of prices. We wiled away a couple of hours in Cafe Deco which has good food and somewhere civilised to sit.  We skipped the red Burgundy at a £100 a bottle and finished our meal with super-strength coffee.  Next stop really should be Adelaide.