Top 5 things (in no particular order) about Hong Kong:
1. The skyline view. I was visiting NYC the week before and the view from the Kowloon peninsula to Hong Kong island is way more impressive than the view from New Jersey to Manhattan Island. As you can imagine, the folks here live right on top of each other.
2. The people. Customer service is highly emphasized here. I don't remember ever getting this kind of treatment/service at restaurants and hotels in the US or Europe.
3. International English-speaking Church Congregations: I went to Church on Sunday in a "high-rise". There are many foreign nannies over here so the english-speaking congregation consisted of 120+ Filipino woman and about 5 males. Apparently, the english-speaking, ex-pat congregation is on HK island.
4. Public Transportation: I have always been a big fan of public transportation when I travel. At my previous job, I had the reputation of the train guy while traveling in Europe. The company stopped arranging for transportation since I always took the trains and eschewed "car services". As to be expected, the public transportation is clean, effective, and affordable.
5. Mike Gonzales: Mike, who lived next door to us in San Jose, is a Creative Director for a toy company. He designs and builds sophisticated robot toys that are sold all over the world. Apparently, it is a huge business. he took me around (he has spent nealry 50% of his time over the past 2 years in HK, splitting time between CA and HK). It is fun to have someone take you around and show you the "untouristy" spots.
4 comments:
wow!! how fun to travel to such different places.
You look hot........Nice.
Sophia, please keep it classy. Jason, I am more jealous of your travels than ever before!
Dude, you'll always be my American boy.
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