China!

Arrived in Hong kong yesterday afternoon after a fairly bumpy four and a half hour flight from Narita. Let me tell you this place is nothing like Japan in any way, I think the most obvious difference is the Japanese are way more polite. This isn’t to say that the Chinese are rude but you can definately tell there is a difference. The other is the population density in Hong Kong, We’ve been to some of the busiest places in Tokyo and the area around our hostel seems busier! To be honest I’m a little scared to go outside as well.

Our first day around Hong Kong we ended up eating at a really ritzy place called “Pizza Hut” and I’m not lying, it is really classy here. I almost felt bad about eating with my hands… Almost. We walked around and found the tourist information center for some maps then headed over to a small park to get away from the crowds for a while. I would liken walking around here to being in Thailand for those who have been, it seems on every street corner someones trying to sell you a suit or a fake watch. By the way, if anyone wants a fake watch or louis v’s let me know, special price for you. We tried to look into the train to Lhasa today as well but the woman at travel advisory place wasn’t really into helping us out. 

One more thing, if you want to use your north american electronics in China you will need a converter and a plug adaptor to do so, it’s 220 volts here; We use 120 in Canada. The little black box on a laptop cord will do just fine but look and make sure it has a 120-240 input. Coincidentally my razor died in a freak accidental voltage mismatch accident today… It will be missed.

Mike