Am still slightly disbelieving that I really am the other side of the bloody world. And there's obviously something deeply wrong in my brain in that on arrival here I was most excited to discover the subway system was small enough to get collected in the limited time I have here. This is patently bonkers given all the other possibilities available to me in HK. Like a jet lag massage in an excruciatingly fancy hotel.

I now have in my possession a map of the Hong Kong tube network. I've been here since about seven AM local time and have knocked out two tube stops already. I think I may need help. I'm counting while jet-lagged, so having trouble remembering the order numbers go in, but I think I've counted correctly, in that there are 52 stations. I've done two already. There's tippex somewhere in my hand luggage. I may be getting a slightly hysterical edge. I think I should lie down a bit before hitting the streets, but as soon as I find a camera cable there will be photographic evidence of my international collecting...but now there's either shopping or sleeping to be done.