In Hong Kong!

China update in the form of a letter to Omar (I just copy/pasted my email to save time). Enjoy!


How did you write a message from the plane? Blackberry? Crazy! I just woke up, a little after 6:30 AM July 5th in Hong Kong. In CA right now it's 3:30 PM on July 4th. I guess no fireworks yet. I don't know what time it is where you are or even where you sent the last email from/over. We only spent 3 hours in Korea. I get to cross sleeping-on-the-floor-of-a-Korean-airport off my bucket list. Woot! I am staying on the 34th(?) floor of a huge HK apartment complex with Ice's sister, brother-in-law, and niece. We had dinner with the whole family (which was surprisingly and amazingly delicious), Everyone is really nice. Due to a little mix up we might not be able to go to Tibet, and we're staying here for four days. The problem was the tour, so were thinking of just flying over there and doing our own thing or joing a tour once we get there. Anyway, shopping for today, visiting the giant Buddha tomorrow hopefully.

I want to tell you so much what it's like here in Hong Kong. For one thing, it's humid as shit. Like literal shit, if you were inside it. It's hot and malodorous and wet. It was raining when we got here, but it stopped. From the 34th floor I can see a giant giant crazy huge cemetery, huge apartment complexes, a port, and mountains. A lot of people speak English, so I'm not really feeling any culture shock at all. The city looks and feels different, but it's mostly the little things that catch my attention. Like, in Korea, the gendered bathrooms are designated with stick figures- one regular and one with a triangle skirt.

The main flight over was amazing in itself. I can't wait to share everything with you and have you share your trips with me. I love you! Have fun!