Day 93: Dec 6th. Without a glitch.

We got up a mere two-and-a-half hours after laying our heads on the pillow, and packed our things before hopping in the cab exactly at 7am. Unlike in our college days, we both felt the repercussions of not getting enough shut-eye. We're getting old!

We made one last stop at the 7-Eleven before dozing all the way to the airport. We arrived 4 hours before our flight (!) and everything went swimmingly. After all that, there was no flight delay, no moment of thinking we weren't going to be on the flight...the airport didn't even seem that crowded! Not that we're complaining. We were just surprised.

We spent our extra time taking 'showers' by testing out the perfume section of the duty-free shop, then spending our last baht on breakfast. The good news about being ridiculously early for our flight was that we could give into our fatigue and move slowly!

We napped outside the security check, and Karla watched the Animal Planet show on TV dedicated to elephants and how they are beloved in Asia and Africa. How appropriate! Luckily Karla had not yet fallen asleep when the final boarding call for our flight was announced 45 minutes before our scheduled take-off! We got on the plane and waited those 45 minutes. We figure they were tricking us because the plane was so big that they wanted everyone on well before take-off.

Alicia slept the whole flight, and Karla dozed until lunch-time. The food was surprisingly good for the airplane! We landed on time, and took a while to get out of the airport. Once we did, we took the airbus to our hotel in Causeway Bay. The Hong Kong skyline was just breathtaking. Even though Alicia has been here before (but she was only 5), neither of us expected it to be this beautiful. In fact we weren't expecting much more than just a big city overflowing with asians, farang, and muzungus. We crossed bridges and went under the harbor to get to our hostel. We got quite the deal (by HK standards) for the 5 nights we'll be here.

Once we settled our things, we went back out for dinner. We ate at a dumpling restaurant, and it was scrumptious. Then we bundled up and walked back. It's much cooler here than Thailand, but it's pleasantly tolerable with a sweatshirt and pants.

Before getting back to our hotel we made a grocery stop at a store in the basement of a skyscraper. At first it looked like a tiny store, but when we got inside, it kept going and going! We love exploring grocery stores to see what kind of weird things they sell that people actually buy! Trust me, we've seen everything (Thailand was a fan of gift baskets that included hilariously matched items -one had a disney princess puzzle, cereal, and a bottle of whiskey together). People are crazy.

We meant to get to bed early, but our hostel room has a working TV (what!?!?!) and 'Bad Boys' was on. So we obviously watched it before taking (hot!) showers and hitting the sack.
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