Honky's in Hong Kong!
So, we're back at it. Getting Awesome in the far east now. We've only been gone for a week and a half but it feels like a month. In a good, fun way. There is so much to see and do, and we saw and did quite a bit. But in our own way, as we had an ace up our sleeves, the lovely Ms. Heather Hughes. I think our experience differed from a lot of people's do because she has a likeminded insight into this crazy town, as well as tons of awesome friends. We did a few of the touristic activities, but not too many.
Getting a proper send off, Tucson-style.
Not allowed in 2 Min Fat Mansion elevator!
So after our 984 hour flight from the States(ok, more like 233. Shut up) we landed. Between the jet lag, and the craziness that ensued the timeline of events is slightly fuzzy at this point, but I'll get the high points across. Heather, being the super-sport she is, met us at the airport and...promptly took us to the red light district. For a few drinks. Only. Duh. And we met her friends Veronica and Roger, who were visiting from nearby Macau. Also party people. We retired back to her apartment, or mansion as it's called.
After sleeping some jetlag off we went to go check out a few of the less trafficked sites. First, was the longest elevator in the world. We made it 3/4 of the way up before stopping for drinks. And then Veronica and Roger came by, and site seeing would have to wait because
Shek-O beack called! Very pretty scenery. Very dirty water. Very fun time. Very much in our underwear. Later we met back up with Heather and headed to the Night Market to see about getting stuff on the cheap. We wound up finding a couple of things. As well as getting an experience with Asian seafood. J.D. ate an eyeball. Very impressive stuff. Then we partied. Awesome day.
We went with H2 and her friend Chris to the HK Football Club for breakfast. Diz and I tried black pudding for the first time. Not too impressive. We also tried Congee. Impressive. Our goal for the day was to go up the Peak to see some spectacular views of the city. But we took the wrong tram in the completely wrong direction. So we enjoyed ourselves while getting lost, walked many miles back to Happy Valley (H2's hood), and got the obligatory ice cream. We met up with H2 later and she took us on the star ferry to Kowloon and saw the skyline light show where a lot of the skyscrapers work in conjunction with each other to put on an impressive show. I think the most impressive thing about it was the fact that so many different corporations work together to put on a free show. After that we went to the highest bar in the world, the aptly named Ozone, for a couple cocktails. It's a pretty surreal experience drinking Jameson 118 stories up.
We finally made it up to the peak the next day, and it was worth it. Amazing view of a very scenic city. Later, we went out to some cocktail bars. I nerded out a little bit. It always warms my heart to see cocktail culture in new places. Then, pizza and an early night as we were going on a "junk" the next day.
Fine dining
Wonder where his eye went?
Shek O beach. And chonies
Light show from across the water.
From Ozone
T.S.T.
As many of you know, ice cream is an important part of our traveling diet. And our regular one. This is the Mobile Softee truck. You can get some soft serve and a haaaaardass mean mug.
Bruce Lee. And some statue.
Hey Diz, whatcha lookin at?
Oh that?
The Junk, I guess, derives it's name from the old name for Chinese boats. It's a party boating now. And party is our de riguer. The day started off mellow enough, getting up, getting coffee, getting to the meeting point with about 25 other gwai lo's (white ghosts) who were in various states of inebriation/hangovers. Then a pleasant little coach ride to the boat.
It started pretty epically. A typhoon was simultaneously hitting Japan and the weather system was pissing on us relatively fiercely. Some people got sea sick. Some people ate soggy doritos. I won't name names. I think most were a little uneasy about the outcome of this jaunt into the South China Sea, but the crew was on top of it, not quite literally pouring drinks down our gullets. But close. After awhile, the rains subsided and eventually we reached our destination: Party Bay.
I totally made that up. But it fits. Once we dropped anchor and the rain wasn't coming down so hard everyone started moving about the boat a little more. And a little while later a couple of fella's incited a party.
Partyface.butt.faceparty
"HEY! I can backflip now!"
Jet ski pirates
You might wanna get this flying squirrel on camera dood. Also, your finger's on the lense.
Success
H2 topdecking it
New mate and organizer of the junk, Danny
Top deck party people
So they day turned out pretty well. We got to do some of our favorite things like jumping from heights into bodies of water and having a blast with people. After getting back to the city we all went for some more adult beverages and good times. I wound up taking H2 home by way of Thai foot rubs, that she passed out during, and drunk food at Hay Hay Kitchen (hey hey) then passing out at a reasonable hour. Diz, not so much. He managed to party his lil sooner butt til 9 in the am.
The next day was our last full day in Hong Kong, and it was a nice full day. J.D. caught up with H2 and I as well as her friend Keith and we went to another part of the island called Stanley because she had a business party to attend. So we stopped and had some drinks and food and hung out for awhile before Heather and Keith went to the party. We ran into some of the cats we went on the junk with so we we chatted with them. While trying to leave Diz and I met these guys Keith and Marcos. Great conversations on life and love. And Marcos hates Johnny McEnroe.
A few hours later Heather and Keith caught back up with us and the flowed.
Currently in Bangkok recovering(weird right?). We'll be seeing what this town's about tomorrow. Sorry it took so long to write, just getting back in the swing. Heartcha
Stay Awesome.
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