Just got hit up by a panhandler, Anglo, filthy skater shirt, maybe 20, shaking from withdrawal, saying he was busted and starving. I walked by; Aaron convinced me to turn back, and we hit a fruit stand, bought him an apple and a kiwi (his choice) and gave him a bottle of water.
Aaron promised me that if he's ever junked out in Hong Kong, he'll call me and I'll send a ticket home, no questions asked.
Monday, July 6, 2009
MUCH better now, thanks [Hong Kong]
A number of us (especially Edward (the first), Amanda, and Marty) were hit by a 24 hour bug; Edward (the first) even stayed home from yesterday's sightseeing. Cumulative effects, I think, of a mad schedule finally relaxed and a suspicious double cheeseburger and/or caesar salad. (Those of us who did not eat at McDonald's are fine, but we didn't eat the salad, either.) But today everyone's back on track.
[nb: picture is from Guilin]
Plop! [Hong Kong]
Those who know me know what I like to do on vacation: plop, preferably near water and with a book. This whole if it's Tuesday it must be Guilin experience, as awesome as it has been, is way out of character.
So I am taking it as a signal from the universe that I deleted my guidebook (since Tom has my Lonely Planet) and I'm spending a few hours here on the rooftop:
If I'm feeling especially ambitious I might look at the view from the other side or spy down on the neighbors:
So I am taking it as a signal from the universe that I deleted my guidebook (since Tom has my Lonely Planet) and I'm spending a few hours here on the rooftop:
If I'm feeling especially ambitious I might look at the view from the other side or spy down on the neighbors:
kindling [Hong Kong]
My Kindle has been great -- exactly what I'd hoped for, an easy way to carry around a very large library. I most enthusiastically recommend that anyone who travels a lot buy one. You'll make up the cost in chiropractor fees and overweight baggage penalties in no time.
This morning, however, I discovered exactly how easy it is to delete something when you're half asleep and have clumsy morning fingers that keep pressing a button instead of waiting for the Kindle to process a request. Not a problem in the States, where Amazon has everything backed up -- but here, of course, the wireless doesn't work.
Unfortunately, what I deleted was the one book I'd paid full price for (everything else is public domain) -- my excellent China Adventure Guide, where I was trying to plan out this last, unscheduled day.
Better today, I suppose, than earlier in the trip....
This morning, however, I discovered exactly how easy it is to delete something when you're half asleep and have clumsy morning fingers that keep pressing a button instead of waiting for the Kindle to process a request. Not a problem in the States, where Amazon has everything backed up -- but here, of course, the wireless doesn't work.
Unfortunately, what I deleted was the one book I'd paid full price for (everything else is public domain) -- my excellent China Adventure Guide, where I was trying to plan out this last, unscheduled day.
Better today, I suppose, than earlier in the trip....
Slainte {Hong Kong]
Tom, Aaron, Jeff & I had a grand lunch today: Guinness/Erdlinger/ginger beer, fish&chips, and hamburgers.
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