Hong Kong! 14 years later...

I have arrived! That 14 hour flight was especially rough...but I made it and so did my bag so I can't complain! 14 years later is referring to my trip to Hong Kong with my mom and sister when I was 7 to visit my cousins who lived here for a bit. I remember some parts of the trip, mostly random snid bits so I'm excited to experience it again!

Eliza was already at the hotel by the time I got there so I freshened up and then we went to get Peking Duck as my first meal! It was "interesting" to see the full duck (head included). 

We took the littol pancakes with veggies and plum sauce with the duck and it was quite delicious! 

A thing about ordering in China, you just raise your hand when you're ready to order or if you need anything. Where in the US it would be seen as obnoxious, here it is the only way to get your meal. I really like it actually since you don't have to wait years to get your check.

Afterwards we walked along the harbor, taking in the lights and sights and selfies (SO many people taking selfies with no shame.) We then hit the hay (with some help of a sleeping pill) though I didn't get much sleep. A 15 hour time difference is no joke. 

Thursday morning (I skipped Wednesday morning in the plane) we slowly got out of bed and walked around trying to find a photo booth that I could get passport photos from for my Burmese visa (whoops I forgot to bring some - if you're traveling, make sure to get these photos at home). After walking all over since some photo stores didn't open till 11, we went to the subway station (subway is called the MTR) and found a booth and I also got an "octopus card." The octopus card is for traveling on the subway but also can be used at random stores such as 7-11 which is literally on every street corner. 

We traveled over (or under the harbor in the subway) to the Burmese consulate to turn in our visas for the trip. Easiest process ever...we'll be picking our passports up later today. 

We grabbed lunch at this hip restaurant and then walked around central Hong Kong in the SoHo area. We stumbled upon a botanical garden with crazy monkeys which was awesome! 

We got back to our hotel to hit the roof top pool (had to wait cause of a thunderstorm warning) and then further planned our trip to Burma. 

We took the Star Ferry across the harbor, something everyone has to do when in Hong Kong. 

We grabbed dinner at Brickhouse, a cool Mexican restaurant (shocker I got Mexican food!!) and walked around LKF, the bar/club area of Central. 

I was exhauuuusted beyond belief so we headed home and I immediately konked out. 

Excited for a new day after a restful sleep! Tomorrow: Burma. 

Love,

Whit