Hong Kong! Evan's first time, Andy's second time (but it has really changed...). A great day of sightseeing and eating! Spent the morning on the Kowloon side, including walking along Nathan Road, browsing a street market, watching Tai Chi in a city park, strolling along the waterfront, and visiting some temples; afternoon on the Star Ferry across Victoria Harbor to Hong Kong island, where we ate at a Buddhist restaurant, explored the antiques shops along Cat Alley, visited more temples, snuck into a skyscraper's elevator to the 76th floor for some brilliant views, ate dim-sum overlooking the harbor, and got another Star Ferry. We were so tired (as had been going for 24 hours straight) that we then headed back to the airport fueled on strong, black coffee (plus slightly nervous about the flight arrangements made haphazardly in Kathmandu - Evan was paged to security to be given boarding passes for the next leg of the flight .... and where were the bags going again?!!) - it all went well in the end.
We arrived in Vancouver a day before we left Hong Kong - bizarre! - because of the date line (our flight left Hong Kong 00:05 am May 14th and arrived in Vancouver 8:30 pm on May 13th!!!) Night in Vancouver, then bus back to Bellingham.
Have spent the last two days trying hard to re-adjust back to Western culture. People seem quite stressed (about what?), everything seems so clean (too clean!), and it was so quiet at our house that our ears were ringing!!! We have also spent the better part of two days mowing, weeding and cleaning..... mmm could think of better ways to spend our time. So now have begun planning our next volunteer trip ... Chile ...... stay tuned for news on that development!!!
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"Remember how many people didn't wake up today, who would love to feel what you do today." (Maya Angelou)
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