Hong Kong

Thomas, this is Rachel, just so you know.

I am angry by the lack of time we have had in Hong Kong. It doesn't help that I've wasted good chunks of three days trying to figure out my group visa... and ending up spending around 200 dollars on a new one (double what Kyle had to pay for hers because I had to get mine in a day). I feel like I have not seen enough here. And today will be my "catch up" day, which will hardly work out, and tomorrow I am going to Hong Kong Disneyland (then I'll have been to all five in the world). Saturday we leave for Guilin (main land China)!

Hong Kong is an interesting place and I am not sure exactly how I feel about it. I prefer Taipei. But in terms of comparing Tokyo and Hong Kong... don't know. Hong Kong certainly has more diversity though, which is good. But I don't like the many islands of Hong Kong thing that much; the novelty of it wore off the first time we had to ride the ferry between islands... makes me sick.

I haven't really been anywhere major yet in this city and it's rather depressing. But the bakeries are awesome and stuff is cheaper and I got new glasses. Classes suck... we're all way behind and our history midterm is in less than a week (so jealous of Mollie). But besides that I think I am just ready to go to mainland China right now, because this place hasn't been that good to me, what with the visa and then my CAMERA BEING BROKEN. Yeah. I don't think I will have any of my own pictures to show anyone from this trip.

Next my wallet will be stolen and I will be kidnapped. Just fair warning for everyone.
But I'm fine now and Asia is obviously better than Illinois no matter what... so try not to feel too bad for me.