Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember and remember more than I have seen.

Its 4 am as I gaze out at the misty sunrise. Dawn is breaking and the sea beyond calls out. Few mornings start out so beautiful, but as they say – with great beauty comes great pain, which we were about to realize in the next 12 hours.

Hongkong Calling read the note from our VP which brought us to the land where strangely to us, everyone looks the same. This is not a bad thing considering the people in Hong Kong look fabulous. The fashion capital of Asia some call it and not word is more true. From the moment we landed, the feeling of being the podgy, ugly duckling invaded our very being. "Look at those piglets."