finally felt better...

After spending two days in my room I finally ventured out. I met this kid from England in the computer room and he invited me to go to Victoria's peak with him. I was really in no shape to go, but I needed to get out. We left, me in my pajamas and flip flops looking horrid and he,in all black.

I was so out of it I don't remember much of this day. I do remember that he really had no idea how to get there. We ended up wandering around and walking up a huge hill. Victoria's peak is a look out at the top of a small tree covered mountain that looks over the sky line.

HKG- I will admit it, has a much better skyline than NYC. The building architecture is way cooler than anything we have, aside from the Chrystler building. Not only do they have great building, but at 8pm every evening they have a light show... the main big buildings flash lights, change colors and waste a lot of electricity, but it looks really cool! Behind these buildings are green mountains. I didn't realize HKG had so much natural beauty around it.

Victoria's peak is therefore a really great place to see the skyline. I forget this kids name, though he was really nice, really wanted to go to the tram and make it to the top. As I said before he got us lost on the most humid day I have experienced. I was still sick, sweating up a storm. I wasn't sure if it was going to make me feel better or much worse. But my friend Chris was right- a little sweat never hurts!

We walked for quite sometime up this mountain until we finally gave up! We clearly went the wrong way and the day turned very foggy so the view would not have been that great. I felt bad for this kid as it was his last day, but what are you going to do?! By the way he was totally a lord of the rings/ sci-fi type of character... it was an interesting day!

Somethings I noticed along the way though... HKG has some of the best fashion I have ever seen, I would love to drop some serious cash there! It is an extremely safe city. The subway system is AMAZING!!! It is super clean, super fast and clearly labeled... you can't get lost. Internet cafes are very hard to find! There is a 7-11 and at least to watch stores on every block. People walk very slowly; while it annoyed me at first I realized because of the humidity it is impossible to walk any faster! I also realized I would love to move to Hong Kong... I absolutely love it.