Just NB

Today is my last day in China. Yesterday I was feeling pretty under the weather and exhausted and extremely anti-asian-anything. I stomped my foot and refused to eat anything remotely resembling anything Chinese. I'm still feeling the same way - I wish I wouldn't have come to HK and I'm so glad I came to HK! I have a late checkout so here are my plans: Super quick workout Finish packing Shower Checkout and store luggage Take the subway BY MYSELF to The Big Buddha. It's quite a long ways but easy to figure out. I'll have five and a half hours to kill until my driver picks me up and then it's so long for this vacation!    This has been an incredible vacation. Nice to spend time with my mom, nice to see how another side of the world lives, see some amazing sights and have some amazing experiences....but I'm looking forward to getting back to my real life. :) I want to enjoy today, but it's hard not to be excited to get back home and hard no...

I don't know how to really say with words that I've had an awesome time in Hong Kong and a stressful time all the same. I'm glad I came here. I had A LOT of fun (especially yesterday), but...I'm a country  mouse. And even though I want to take these kinds of trips, my country mouse roots are seriously screaming. As far as the pushing/shoving and line etiquette, HK is about a gazillion times better than any of our other stops. So, that's nice. But when we're oot and aboot, there are some places where we can't cross the street because there is a fence (so you have to learn or know where the street crossings are) and there are many places where you can't see the street because of the fences and bushes. And then, when you're at a crosswalk, there are times you can't see the other side because it's a elephant circus line of very tall double decker busses. Yeah. The day before yesterday, we got mega super lost. I didn't even know how we...

Well. China and Hong Kong (don't get me started on why they aren't the same, I'm still figuring it out), has been the craziest, amazing, weird, very weird, and bizare vacation. I've seen a lot of history and learned a lot! Yesterday I had two "I CANT TAKE HONG KONG" moments, we got very lost, were very confused, and very tired. It is a zoo here. It's like, I'm super happy to have taken this trip, but I'm undecided if I'd come back? Like, Italy, I would go back in a second. China? Not sure. I think it is one of the 'once in a lifetime' kind of things. Although if I use the last five years of my life...who knows. Anyway, I need a day of...goofiness and anti-culture and anti-history. So...we're going...to Hong Kong Disneyland . I'm actually not even forcing my mom to go, she wants to! On the way back we'll see the The Big Buddha , so we'll get some culture/history. My mom leaves tomorrow and we have one place on the a...

Wow! I was able to upload a picture! Finally! It's a crappy picture, but I looked out the window now and thought it was pouring rain or maybe a forrest fire. Nope! Fog. Like crazy crazy crazy fog. I seem to have lost my charger for my camera battery (um...as it's HK, I don't think that's a big deal...probably pretty easy to find another), so maybe it's a good day not to have a camera. Except then my mom is stuck taking really stupid pictures of me. (Ok, that's every day). It's my mom's birthday today! She's sick...and I'm recovering well (FINALLY) but still a little tired so not sure what kind of party we're going to have. I'm also a granny and like to go to bed early. I'll try to get my party pants on. Can't wait for today! UPDATE: This was the worst weather accuracy EVER. It was cold and rainy. None of this "Feels like 32*C crap!)