4:50am Thursday HK-1:50pm Wednesday SF
I'm "rested", showered, and feeling a whole hell-of-a-lot better than I did 8 hours ago. Drew, the friend of a friend I'm staying with is probably one of the sweetest people I've met in a long time. He gave me a spare key to get into his apartment, made me dinner, and has offered up extremely valuable travel information. He also has high speed internet, and is letting me use his cell phone to call home. This has made everything actually pretty relaxing for my first day/night in Hong Kong. I really didn't expect things to be calm at all. Don't get me wrong though, I'm not complaining. This will make HK a good warm up for Southern China.
So, Hong Kong. The best way I can think to describe it is in a recipe.
Robert's Hong Kong City Recipe:
Take New York city, and mix it with its own China town. Then Stuff the resulting city (Chinese Manhattan/ Brooklyn) into a space the size of Santa Cruz. Now make sure the city is super clean, and take out anybody who is homeless, begging, or crazy. Add some British people. In a seperate bowl mix some mountainous terrain, tons of stairs, and the worlds longest outdoor escelator. Add everything together and beat until there are no chunks. Lastly, bake at 350 degrees for 164 years, or until golden brown. Now Of course that falls short of truly describing the city but its the best I can do.
Random points of interest:
There are a lot of cool museums here and they are all about a US dollar to get into, or they're just free. That makes me very happy. The mass transit system is by far the best I have ever had the pleasure of using. I couldn't pronounce the first meal I ate here, becasue it was in French. Most of the parks are weird and super fake looking so far. I met some awesome people in a cafe, and might do some sight seeing with them. It is pretty humid here and, as I am told, it's going to get a lot hotter.
I think thats most of it. Bye.
So, Hong Kong. The best way I can think to describe it is in a recipe.
Robert's Hong Kong City Recipe:
Take New York city, and mix it with its own China town. Then Stuff the resulting city (Chinese Manhattan/ Brooklyn) into a space the size of Santa Cruz. Now make sure the city is super clean, and take out anybody who is homeless, begging, or crazy. Add some British people. In a seperate bowl mix some mountainous terrain, tons of stairs, and the worlds longest outdoor escelator. Add everything together and beat until there are no chunks. Lastly, bake at 350 degrees for 164 years, or until golden brown. Now Of course that falls short of truly describing the city but its the best I can do.
Random points of interest:
There are a lot of cool museums here and they are all about a US dollar to get into, or they're just free. That makes me very happy. The mass transit system is by far the best I have ever had the pleasure of using. I couldn't pronounce the first meal I ate here, becasue it was in French. Most of the parks are weird and super fake looking so far. I met some awesome people in a cafe, and might do some sight seeing with them. It is pretty humid here and, as I am told, it's going to get a lot hotter.
I think thats most of it. Bye.
posted by Robert at 6/08/2005 01:52:00 PM
2 Comments:
I love your description of HK!
And, of course am delighted that you are having an easy intro to HK.
Drew sounds nice (he's so thoughtful!). I like him.
Back to the eggs.
Things seem to be going very smoothly for you Robert, perhaps too smoothly.
I think it's time for some Triad action or maybe an adventure in the white slavery ring.
Just a thought.
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