Birthday on train

4th November - a date for your diary

Little to be added. It was my birthday and almost all of it was spent on a sleeper to Hong Kong. I spent most of the time lying down and avoiding annoying, nonsensical conversations with locals where they speak loudly in Mandarin and I reply in English with classics such as 'I don't want any duck intestine' and 'Go away, you're making my brain hurt'.

Luckily, lying down is one of may top 5 passtimes and Helen was ace and sorted me out with some unimpeachably fine loot.