Hong Kong

I touched down in Hong Kong around 9pm then got on the airport bus to the city. Compared to mainland china it was like going 20 years into the future!, the airport was amazing, the bus was amazing (and the prices showed why) and my hostel was located in-between a Louis Vutton and Gucci store. After finally being able to get on facebook after two weeks to tell people I was still alive I went to bed, ready for a big day ahead.

My main plan in Hong Kong was to find a cheap phone while walking around the city, as you all know I cant just buy something on a whim I knew today would be window shopping and taking prices, then tomorrow I would actually buy one. When I got back to the hostel to read reviews on all the phones I might buy I ran into a 39 year old American who sat down next to me with a handful of beers which he was pounding down, I even got the " aren't you New Zealanders known to be great drinkers? your being too slow, finish up!".

Before I knew it we were walking through the streets bar hopping and talking shit. We ending up talking with this stuck up brit who I hated more than Geoffrey from Game of Thrones!. He was actually ok at the start, but the American I was with just rubbed him the wrong way (no surprise, the American was very loud etc). The Brit did give some good insight into why Chinese are buying all the houses in Auckland among a lot of stories which reminded me that people really only care about money and nothing else (he was a investor/money launder). Later on the American and I went to another bar where we met up with some English doctors/teachers that were there for a conference, these guys gave me a little more hope for humanity after the last guy. By the end of the night we were drinking with the dean of a medical school in England. The night ended with the American getting too drunk and the dean and taking him back to his room. In the morning he found me and asked how he was so plastered but I was fine even after we drunk the same amount. I replied I was a Kiwi ;).
The next day I found the phone I wanted (Nexus 5), jumped back onto the Airport bus and found my way to Bangkok!