Gear Down and Growing Up is the true story of a 21-year-old Brit stuck in a temp job in Berkshire after dropping out of university in Montreal. When he spots a cheap one-way ticket to Hong Kong in 1996, he buys it on impulse. No degree, no plan – just a backpack and a vague hope that life might look different somewhere else. What follows is a crash course in adulthood: learning to adapt not only to Hong Kong, but to a whole new reality – all against the backdrop of a city on the edge of change. It’s a candid story about getting lost, starting over, and trying to grow up, fit in and figure things out – far from home.