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First happenings: 2-part special
... worked with a keyboard, let alone a Punjabi-Hindi one, and totally misunderstood what I was trying to accomplish with this. She thought I could send a message to someone for her if she just typed in a message and a phone number. I finally just said sorry, I don't understand what you're trying to ask, and so I went up the gate attendants and asked them if they would find a translator because I think this lady needs help. Bad call because now this whole thing just turns into ...
A City of Contradictions
... br> Backpacking in Asia is a constant work for your brain, always meeting new people, not knowing the language, and trying to absorb so much all at once. It's as if you became a newborn baby who has to learn everything and is always taking a nap. Sensory overload without much sleep. That's what backpacking feels like to me.
A local who speaks broken English met me with a big smile, then we tour the tiny air conditioned rooms that's to be shared by ...
Little boxes
... to be baffled by science and the vast array of models on offer.
We met Louise again in the huge modern and very swish shopping mall, where every designer name you could think of has an outlet... before descending into the bowels of the building to collect the car and head home.
Everywhere we have been on this trip, it has rained. Often we have also had storms, thunder, lightning... but this one was the daddy of them all. The mizzle turned to steady rain on the ...
Arrival in HK
... an even better view of HK Harbour - yes, I'm a happy camper & hopefully Andrew will have a better sleep :)
Off to do a 'self guided tour' (from National Geographic) around Sheung Wan & Central with coffee & muffins for breakfast from a cafe on the way. We walked to the MTR (Mass Transit Railway), arranged an 'Octopus card' (like a Brisbane Go-card for public transport) and arrived within a few stops .... honestly, ...
Should be it's own country!
... and waited down stairs with the other two couples for there taxi to the airport. Meanwhile I got two more room mates, Kat and El. They checked out that day and went to a different hostel but it was a nightmare apparently. They said the room was disgusting, worse than the boat we stayed on. El said Kat was nearly in tears, so I offered them my room. I insisted they took the beds and I would sleep on the floor but they were having none of it. Anyway after ...