March 18th, 2007
ahhh...1st hang-over on this trip...this can't be real?..ahh..shit, the food has also started to erode the lining of my gut (way too many times to the shitter today.)
For some reason, i felt the 'itch' and eventually took the plunge in sneaker town or bauw-hie-gye. Not much bargaining power in these retail 'stores' but lots to choose from. After checking out of the hotel, we made our way to the Mandarin Oriental, our final nites' accomodations. (thank you Sandra for your kind invite!)
Located immediately in front of the Airport Express Hong Kong Station and the IFC mall in Central, the Mandarin is this incredible 5 star property with all the bells and whistles you'd ever want in your hotel room including a 50-inch LCD monitor with an impressive Denon S-301 control center. Sandra couldn't resist the idea of surfing the net on this awesome Sharp flat panel!
For dinner, no better place but enjoy a burger, fries and RED BEAN pie at McDonalds! Yummy!! and truly a treat we've been missing for the past 3 weeks! After sending Andrew off we scrolled through the area of Central, noting the hundreds and hundreds of Philipino Nanies hanging out in every public corridor....i think i saw a lady eating 'asoe-sahnna' with bahloote!
To conclude the nite, we visited the pool, just to remind myself that i still suck at the breastroke and will never make it as a lifeguard!
Today marks the end of our journey through China. Our 10-day tour through Beijing, Xian and Shanghai was specactular and the past week in Hong Kong has certainly been an eye opener. Never did i think that a place could be 1000x more loaded and crowed with chinese people than Richmond BC. No matter where you go, whether its walking the sidewalks, crossing a street, entering a subway, paying for food, eating at a fast-food joint, or going to the can, there are always PEOPLE, either kicking your feet, elbowing your shoulder or stairing down the front of your shirt!....personal space here = 'please come into my space'
An intense and somtimes irratic environment seems very undesirable to the both of us, but who knows, maybe that Hong Kong ID will come to use one day in the distant future?!?!
ahhh...1st hang-over on this trip...this can't be real?..ahh..shit, the food has also started to erode the lining of my gut (way too many times to the shitter today.)
For some reason, i felt the 'itch' and eventually took the plunge in sneaker town or bauw-hie-gye. Not much bargaining power in these retail 'stores' but lots to choose from. After checking out of the hotel, we made our way to the Mandarin Oriental, our final nites' accomodations. (thank you Sandra for your kind invite!)
Located immediately in front of the Airport Express Hong Kong Station and the IFC mall in Central, the Mandarin is this incredible 5 star property with all the bells and whistles you'd ever want in your hotel room including a 50-inch LCD monitor with an impressive Denon S-301 control center. Sandra couldn't resist the idea of surfing the net on this awesome Sharp flat panel!
For dinner, no better place but enjoy a burger, fries and RED BEAN pie at McDonalds! Yummy!! and truly a treat we've been missing for the past 3 weeks! After sending Andrew off we scrolled through the area of Central, noting the hundreds and hundreds of Philipino Nanies hanging out in every public corridor....i think i saw a lady eating 'asoe-sahnna' with bahloote!
To conclude the nite, we visited the pool, just to remind myself that i still suck at the breastroke and will never make it as a lifeguard!
Today marks the end of our journey through China. Our 10-day tour through Beijing, Xian and Shanghai was specactular and the past week in Hong Kong has certainly been an eye opener. Never did i think that a place could be 1000x more loaded and crowed with chinese people than Richmond BC. No matter where you go, whether its walking the sidewalks, crossing a street, entering a subway, paying for food, eating at a fast-food joint, or going to the can, there are always PEOPLE, either kicking your feet, elbowing your shoulder or stairing down the front of your shirt!....personal space here = 'please come into my space'
An intense and somtimes irratic environment seems very undesirable to the both of us, but who knows, maybe that Hong Kong ID will come to use one day in the distant future?!?!
1 comment:
gotta love the ghetto red and blue bags. i did that too when I was in hk.
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