Flyingggg...

Hey everyone.

Just wanted to let you know that I'm safe and sound in Hong Kong... Well, after being lost!
We arrived in Vancouver in Friday (It's currently 1pm Sunday here, and 11pm Saturday in Calgary), and walked around the airport and grabbed something to ate. Vancouver is unbelivabley beautiful. It is just gorgeous. The airport is a spectacle in itself. We ate, and met up with a good friend of mine, Faheem. He took us to a beautiful bay area in Richmond where there is whale watching and fishing boats everywhere. We had a Starbucks and sat by the harbour and just talked. It was great to see him again, and to catch up. We got back to the airport and departed to HK at 2am Saturday morning. We went to bed right away. Woke up spontaneously during our trip, and still realized that there was SO much time left. I probably watched 4 movies on the flight.
We finally arrived in HK at around 5am and decided to be spontaneous and board the HK train. We asked a couple of locals and we were told to go to a place called Kulong (sp?), so we went... And saw a BEAUTIFUL harbour. It was just phenomenal. The buildings were scattered and piled up on mountians as well. Compared to the industrial side, the houses were not as nice. The apartments were very small and dirty, and were very close to each other. The outside of the apartments were corroding, and a couple of the apartments even had man-made, un-safe balconies! The juxtaposition here is crazy. We ended up deciding to take a bus ride back, and got super lost. We then flagged down a cab, and he drove us back to the train station, which led us to the airport. Since it's already Sunday here, we had a shower, I know, crazy, and now we're just waiting for Anne to show up from New Jersey. We then have 5 more hours to waste before we go through security and board the flight to Bali. We should arrive at midnight tonight.

Thanks for all your support!
I can't wait to find a better internet cafe and post pictures...!
Keep in touch and comment!

Love lots and Carpe Diem

Shabana