After 15 long hours on the plane, we arrived in Hong Kong at 6 p.m. and everything went well. We were checked into our apartment by 7:30. The apartment is very comfortable and actually bigger than I expected with a good sized livingroom/ dining room. We have a nice little balcony as well.
We knew we were headed for Asia on the plane because the food choices were predominately noodles over chicken amongst the crowd!
I saw two Starbucks in the airport so I knew everything would be fine. Karis's first observation was that is was certainly a high tech place--an interesting combination of British (driving on the left, small lorries and cars, roundabouts--things work a bit like New Zealand), Asian high tech (tall buildings with lights, etc.), and Chinese language. It is in the 50s and 60s so it is pleasant.
Karis immediately sent a note to a schoolmate she has been corresponding with here and so our first phone call was from this friend. Karis is invited to a gathering tonight of a bunch of the girls from the high school who are going out to supper as a "end of break" gathering. They are going to the mall, which is across the street.
Our location could not be better--the mall is something of the center for many gatherings in the city and we are right on the doorstep! It should also make grocery shopping easy.
Today my goal is to get cell phones for us, try to get some Hong Kong dollars, go grocery shopping and work at getting a bank account established.
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