We visited the port previously, so did our own thing. Visited the Gardens by the bay late afternoon & early evening the see the gardens in daylight & lit up at night, stunning, well worth the visit. The outside gardens are free, if you have flown in with Singapore airlines, show them your boarding pass for a 10% discount to visit the domes.

Once off the ship, queued for 30 mins for a 45 min transfer to the quay for the Bus departure area. The buses start at 09:30 & run until 18:00, but the transfers back to the ship were at 14:30, 15:00 & 15:30 only, so you don't get the full time on the bus in Honk Kong. The buses themselves are meant to run every 30 mins, but we waited at one stop for 60 mins for the next bus to turn up. For these reasons, it curtailed our time on the buses severely. The buses themselves were clean & the routes very interesting, but not enough time to do much at the stops.

45 couches all going on the same tour, it was very busy. The Imperial palace was very interesting, worth the visit for 75 mins, the presidential palace not at all, just walked past & said 'there it is'. Then 45 mins visit to the duty free shops which held no interest at all to 95% of the coach, who all crossed the road & went into Starbucks to catch up on their emails. A waste of a stop. Then 90 mins in the central shopping area, fascinating street food vendors.

Ride to the Hutong by rickshaw, escorted tour walking through with the tour guide explaining everything as we went, then lunch in a locals house. Ride back to the coach by rickshaw. Interesting & fascinating history, good to see the Chinese recognising the importance of the history of this area of the modern city.