Hong Kong

Hola hola, por fin ya comenzo el viajeeee! Anoche llegue a Hong Kong. Me encontre en la estacion de tren con Sebastien, mi primer anfitrion de couchsurfing- para los que no saben, es una website a nivel mundial con gente que ofrece su sillon o cuarto extra para que viajeros se queden a dormir ahi. La mejor onda, tengo un cuarto y banio para mi sola, en pleno centro de Hong Kong island, un lujo! Aca hay alerta de tifon (??typhoon) en este momento- alerta 8 (el maximo es 10). Asi que segun Sebastien las calles estaban desoladas, pero a mi me parecio que habia maso bien de gente siendo lunes a la noche. Salimos a caminar por el centro, fuimos a unos bares, y nos cagamos mojando. Viento impresionante y llovio toda la noche y toda la manana hoy tambien. El cielo gris que no se ve nada. Asi que muchos planes para este primer dia no tengo, porque todo lo que queria hacer es al aire libre o al menos queriendo ver un poco de la cuidad. Una mina de mi laburo me habia recomendado un museo, asi que tal vez vaya ahi ahora en un rato.

Ahora... mi primer proyecto de este viaje se trata sobre las comidas de avion- me pedi una comida especial diferente en cada vuelo que voy a hacer, para probar las variedades, vio? El vuelo Sydney-Hong Kong me toco (bah, supestamente pedi, no me toco) comida vegetariana oriental. No estuvo mal, fueron udon noodles (gruesos) con tofu y vegetales al almuerzo, y noodles finitos con vegetales pero sin tofu para el te CUA! Le hubiera dado un 6/10, pero hete aqui el punto que no me causo ninguna gracia- porque se piensan que solo por el hecho de que soy vegetariana tambien sgnifica que estoy a dieta?!?!? Al tipo de al lado le dieron pan blanco, galletitas, y queso. Y a mi: pan de salvado y manteca bajo colesterol, baja sal! Y no solo eso... el postre para los "normales"- torta de chocolate, y para mi??? Una mandarina! Hahahaha. Muy gracioso... aunque sea me dieron un helado despues cuando le dieron a todo el mundo, sino armaba escandalo:)

Bueno, ese es el comienzo de mis relatos, voy a salir a buscarme algo para comer y a buscar este museo. Mis zapatillas estan completamente empapadas. AH! Y me siento re mal, me robe un paraguas por equivocacion anoche!! Ni 24 horas salida de Australia y ya mandandome cagadas... deje (o pense que habia dejado) mi paraguas en la puerta con todos los paraguas cuando entramos en un bar, y a la salida no estaba, asi que pensamos que otro se lo habia llevado. Asi que Sebastien me dice- si, pasa todo el tiempo, agarrate otro... y cuando llegamos al depto abro mi mochila y tenia el mio ahi OOPS!

Ok, here we go, beginning of the trip. All's good, I'm in Hong Kong at the moment, I got here last night. I met up with Sebastien (my first couchsurfing host) last night at the train station. The apartment is great, smack in the middle of Hong Kong island, and I got my own room and bathroom. Sebastien is great, cool guy and extra nice. At the moment there's a typhoon alert here in Hong Kong- level 8 out of 10, so I guess pretty serious? So it's been pissing down rain all night and all morning, grey sky, crap visibility- which limits my sightseeing possibilities. Crap, bloody inconsiderate typhoon, how dare it interfere with my holiday plans?? We went out to a few bars, there were still quite some people out and about, but according to Sebastien streets were deserted compared to what they are normally like. Anyway, so I reckon I'll be heading to a museum this arvo, there's one that someone from work recommended to me.

Now, about my little trip project number 1, plane meals- so the deal is, I'm getting a different type of special meal on each flight I'm taking- no real point, just cause I can, and cause I always wondered how these meals were. Actually, I always thought they would be pretty crap, but that didn't stop me from wondering anyway. So, flight 1, special meal 1- Oriental vegetarian. Veredict- Pass. Just barely though. The meal itself was fine, although quite funny that lunch was udon noodles with tofu and vegies and afternoon tea was thin noodles with vegies and no tofu- really creative:) But the thing that lowered the score dramatically- the fact that they assume that just cause I am vegetarian I am also on a diet. So- the guy next to me had a yummy looking white bread roll, cheese and crackers; I had a brown roll with low cholesterol, reduced salt spread. The guy next to me had a chocolate cake for dessert; I had a mandarin! RIPPED OFF! Hahahaha. Anyway, it was fun, and I'm looking forward to continue to feel ripped off and outraged on my next flights when my meal arrives.

So, that's it for now, it's stopped raining now so I'm gonna venture out to get some food and look for this museum. My shoes are soaking wet from last night, AND I accidentally stole an umbrella last night, I feel awful about it. Oh well, at least it was a cheap umbrella which was upside down and I had to use it the other way round- with the handle bar sticking upwards. I thought I had left mine at the door of the bar with the rest of them and that someone had taken it.... but when we got back to the apartment and opened my bag I found my umbrella in there.... OOPS!