day 1 - Kaitlynn (my roommate) and i ventured out on our own to get a little lost in the city. We took the MTR to east Tsim Sha Tsui. This is the southern end of Kowloon which overlooks the island of Hong Kong. We found our way to the Peninsula Hotel, one of the nicest hotels in the world, and were totally blown away. We went up to the sun deck which looked over the bay toward Hong Kong.... and stole a hand towel from the bathroom as our souvenir, then got kicked out because we had flip flops on. We had some drinks at a little cafe and soaked in the view of this gorgeous city.
Later that night the group went out to celebrate and of course we got lost... and hungry... and decided to eat in the next restaurant we found.... which was soo nice and sooo expensive :/ BUT the food was amazing. we had no idea what we were ordering, we just pointed to a few dishes and i ended up trying peking duck, eel, and i even liked the shrimp
day 2 - we had class, and that sucked. my mind is definitely not in school mode.
Me, adam and kylee went to Macau and did some gambling.... which i don't recommend doing in Asia unless you are very familiar with the games, because the dealers don't know english and can't explain to you what to do....
The Venetian casino was gorgeous and felt like we were hanging out in Italy for a night :)
day 3 - class this morning. tonight me and some girls are going to check out either Mong Kok (the busiest market in hong kong) or the Temple St. Night Market (and possibly get our fortunes read)
So far this trip has been perfect and I'm really enjoying it. There is so much to do and see. You learn how to do so much so fast here because you are forced to figure it out. While the people have been really nice, there have been so many times already where I've felt so lost and illiterate and stuck, which leads to a little homesickness.... but has really helped in learning more about HK.
also... i would consider myself an expert chopstick user by now ;)
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