I made it to hong kong. 15hr flight but it wasn't that bad. Got here at about 4:30 am and it was pouring rain. I slipped on my pack covers and boom, ripped on right out of the gate! I walked to my bus and watched as it pulled away right in front of me, shoot. i then realized that the buckle on my large back pack was broken, bummer number three. I reached my hostel to see a guy leaving that said, "don't stay here" haha, yikes. i realized i couldn't check in till 12 and so out on the streets i went, in the pouring rain before most of this huge city had even gotten up. it is pretty neat to see a city go from silent slumber to giant roaring machine going full tilt in a 3 hour span. I have to admit i wondered standing in the rain "what the hell am i doing here" and "what am i suppose to do in this downpour without being able to get to my room"? I saw a McDonald's. I retreated in a western hole. i was feeling down and wet and tired and i just wanted to be home. Crazy right? half a day in the world and i wanted to go home. But after about a half hour of drying and a coffee i was on my feet with renewed energy. I put some Gregory Issac's "night nurse" on my ipod and that was all i needed. It put a bounce in my step. ahhh the power of reggae music. by then i was starving and had almost finished the peanuts i had squirled away from my flight. My first branch out of the western diet was not much of a stretch, BBQ pork bun. if you know me, you know i wasn't going to say no and costing just over one American dollar, i had my breakfast on the street. made my way via subway to Mong kok, with a hearty street scene i was on the look out for three things a cheap pair of sunglasses, a repair kit for my rain cover and a new buckle for my pack. After 5 hours of walking and two shops i found what i needed and with the store managers help, a pair of pliers and about 5 minutes of swearing we got everything fixed. now here i am in a room that looks a lot like my closet, only with four beds and a "all in one" stand on the toilet, shower deal. hope my roomates have ear plugs, cause i snore and snore and snore somemore ehh Lauren?
more later i have to change and take a shower on the toilet
This post made me giggle - just because of the line "take a shower on the toilet". My your trip bless you with many more oddities like the Chinese bidet. I hope your roommates enjoy the getting up every hour to use the bathroom more than they enjoy the snoring. :) Love you.
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