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| It's going to be a long flight!!! And it was!! Especially without any in flight entertainment. However, Leah and I had the chance to have first class style seating in the economy cabin. Since the flight was not full, we were able to both stretch across 3 seats (6 total between the two of us) and sleep the entertainment-less flight away (although Leah spent most of her time playing the Sims). It was excellent! |
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| Our first purchase in Hong Kong (besides a small snack) was an umbrella. As you can see on the window of the shuttle we are in, rain is falling (and has been falling ever since we arrived). The day before we got to Hong Kong there was a big typhoon that knocked down thousands of trees. It was and is quite a mess in certain areas. Since it is the rainy season, everyone, and I mean everyone has an umbrella. This sounds great and all but let me assure you, it is not great for me. You see, when thousands of people (all much shorter than me) put up their umbrellas in a place like Disneyland the guy who is 6"4 (that is me) gets those nasty umbrella spokes darting towards his eyes. Let me assure you, after a rainy day like it has been today, I am lucky to still have my eyes! |
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| Personal space is something that we take for granted living in Canada. I think it is a cultural thing, but people here don't seem to be bothered by being really, really, really close to other people that they do not know. This little girl is just one example. Leah and I were in a line up for a ride at Disney and every 3 seconds this girl was touching me and Leah. It was as if she wanted to get by us, but every time we moved out of the way for her to move past us in line, she didn't seem to want to go anywhere. But it wasn't just her, even in the washrooms people were pretty much touching you as you were using the urinal because they were so close to you in line. It was a little (okay, alot) uncomfortable for us Canadian folk who like to live on our acreages and never touch another soul unless we know who they are!! |
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| Here Leah is with her umbrella at the entrance of the Disneyland gate. Hong Kong Disney was really cool, much like the California version, but with its own unique aspects. We really enjoyed Disneyland and were glad we decided to go. We took the MTR (i.e. LRT or train) back to our hotel and we made it after transferring twice. People here are quite helpful and assisted us when we were getting lost. All in all, it was a great first day in Hong Kong!!! |
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