Well it feels like were experienced visitors now. Today, we went to a place called the Ocean Park. Its kind of a combo of an Aquirium and Amusement park. It was OK. It is very humid here. Our guide said we picked a tough time of the year because its the rainy season. So far we have been lucky with minimal rain. One thing that is hard to get over is the money. There money is called Hong Kong dollars but the exchange rate is approx $8HK = $1US. So a Hagen Daz ice cream costs $33HK. I can't seem to get into my head that its OK to drop $100 for 4 ice creams. The smallest amount of paper currency is a $20 bill, and that doesn't buy anything. They have some coins, but everytime I get change, Kevin grabs it. He's got about $10.... that might get him a pack of gum! Another example is the breakfast buffet cost $660, its just not right!
Well tomorrow afternoon, we travel to China (they day after we should get Katelin). I feel like we've been here for about a week but its only been 2 days (this is meant in a good way). We really enjoyed Hong Kong. There is always someone who speaks English around but sometimes it still really hard to communicate. Hong Kong is about 1/2 English and 1/2 Chinese speaking. Most seem to speak both. Hong Kong is small, but the area were our hotel is (the Golden Mile) is kinda like NYC. Its very active most of the night. I highly recommend putting Hong Kong on your list of places to visit, if you get a chance.
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