Dorsett Far East Hong Kong

... was already asking Lewey to tape her feet (thanks again T).
"Mr Chan"finally arrived - a giant black dude with dreds and his entourage. We were going to leave our main packs and go exploring, but at the last second they offered us a room in another hostel that was the equivalent of our room in the Las Vegas digs.
Our 'room' was next to the laundry, say no more... Our room was made of tiles and we kept waiting for them to drop off and kill us. Our énsuite' bathroom was a ...

... sent away to pick up our Passport the day of flight. We shrugged, hoped for the best and promptly forgot about this potentially impending disast** and focused on Hong Kong!

Ben had made arrangements for us to stay with his friend, Fanny, on Hong Kong Island . Fanny Yau is a good friend of Ben's from the ...

... who spend a lot of money here. In a restaurant I met a Novartis Sales Rep who just flew from Hangzhou (near Shanghai) this same evening to go shopping and was flying back the next morning 1st time to go back to work!

Now house of 7M people and a combination of 150 years of colonial influence and 5000 years of Chinese tradition.

Place is renowned for shopping with its tax free zone ...

... was the fact that people weren't "going out," they were shopping. There were virtually no bars or night clubs to be seen, and yet the place was packed. I started searching for a new digital camera, hoping I could get a good deal to replace my relatively old and outdated 7.1 megapixel camera. For dinner we went to an Indian food restaurant on floor 3 of our block, recommended to us by one of the Ghanans working at our hostel. On Wikitravel ...

... not be a fully integrated part until 2040. So for now Hong Kong is part of China and Hong Kong is not part of China. Instead of the Chinese Yuan it uses the Hong Kong Dollar. Upon arrival in Hong Kong, you begin to notice the difference between these two sections of China. To further differentiate the difference it was warm and sunny when we arrived in Hong Kong. The city is situated around a busy harbor and beginning to grow over the ...

... got lunch and wandered about the streets taking it in. Then we returned to the hostel where Karim whooped me three consecutive times in chess. I was tempted to break off our acquaintance right then and there, but decided to be a good loser and just plan a secret revenge instead. Bruno returned and we headed out to meet two of Karim's friends who just got in from Brisbane. Dinner was mediocre. We returned to TFG and persuaded Jo, an English girl, to come out with us. We had ...

... At the conclusion of our voyage we walked in a group over to Tomorrowland, hopping from building to umbrella in an effort to not get too wet. A few more rides on Space Mountain ensued before I managed to convince Belinda to go all the way back to Fantasyland for a session of Mickey's Philharmagic. The idea was to see the Glow in the Park Parade at the conclusion of the show but we soon discovered that the affair had been cancelled due to the weather. Our sad consolation was a ...

... rid of it I decided to go nuts. This could be my only chance to enjoy Japan so I had to prioritize, what was the one thing I had always wanted to do in Japan? Turned out I didn't even have to leave the airport to fulfill my Tokyo fanatsy. I found those toilets that clean you with jets of water and let me tell you, they were everything I had expected and more. The rest of my day consisted of a long lunch and a nap in a chair. I got ...