Obligatory Touristy Snaps
From the Sky Lounge in the Sheraton Kowloon:
From the ferry back to Wan Chai:
And from Victoria Peak:
Today went Canon 30D shopping in Mong Kok, without the assistance of a local. Utter chaos. During the week going to drag someone ‘in the know’ down there. Prices I was getting today were at least $280 less than the US, but I think if I go into some of the places off street level I can go a bit cheaper. I may pick up several unlocked phones to hock on eBay as well — there’s all manner of 750, 810, 900, SLVR, RAZR’s and the like to be found.
Move out of the hotel and into our ‘company’ apartment tomorrow. There’s a clothes washer underneath the burners in the kitchen. No dryer. Kwazy.
Fay Gwai Lo
…or ‘fat white devil’ in Cantonese. You learn so much here!
‘Space Steve from the Future’
…as a co-worker put it earlier. It’s 3pm Thursday in Hong Kong right now, 12:06am in SF.
13 hour flight from SFO to ICN, then 3:30 to HKG… I’m, uh, really gross. Sadly, the promise of an in-flight fashion show did not materialize, but it’s what’d you expect from an Asian airline: cloned, meek and perfect female flight attendants, not one detail over-looked or missed.
My hotel is a-skank-ey…
More later… shower time!
Fashion Shows
So I was on the Asiana website trying to find cabin interior photos, considering I’ll be spending over 24 hours in it over the next month, and all I could find was this goofy video which promises me “In Flight Fashion Shows.” That’s right… a fashion show!
Uh… cool. I guess.
Let’s Bomb Iran!
Bombed Afghanistan, but gave up the Taliban,
Hey at least this rhymes with “stan” and that’s enough to make a plan
To Bomb Iran! Bomb Bomb, Bomb… Let’s Bomb Iran!
You’re a commie if you doubt and my time is running out,
To Bomb Iran, Bomb Bomb, Bomb Bomb Iran!
Hong Kong Ho!
Off to Hong Kong on Tuesday for 4-6 weeks. (15hrs in flight, xfer in Seoul! Joooooooooyyyyyyyy…)
Trying to make a list of things I need to do to be gone that long: hold mail, have someone water plants, but not sure about others: should I shut off the cable? turn off the fridge? let someone run it as a B&B?
Also, trying to dig up as much info on what to do there and in Shanghai while I’m visiting. I’ll have plenty of time in HK, and a couple of days in Shanghai to do sightseeing. So far, my goals include not being arrested by government watchers and not a whole lot else. I’m going to try to find a Canon 30D a bit cheaper there, too, so I can photoblog and capture some choice Engrish. (But that’s really for my Yellowstone/Jackson Hole trip in June.)
Any suggestions you world travelers out there?
TV Shopping
Think I’ll take the plunge and replace the 250lb boat anchor in my living room when I get back from HK. So many different formats, sizes, inputs. Decisions, decisions.
And now I have to worry about snakes. That’s right — snakes.
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