15.5 hours later

I seriously blocked out how long the flight is from SF to Hong Kong.... Lucky us, we managed to get a free empty seat between us on the plane... Oh, and the 'ergonomic' seats that I was so excited for on Cathay Pacific are a joke!! They certainly look ergonomic, but are not conducive to sleeping.. but at least they have tv shows, and a variety of movies... I got to catch up on girlie movies (No Reservations anyone? Love Actually?)

After landing, we passed out... after fending off my poh poh and her desire to feed us everything under the moon...

The 1st was filled with food and family....

Dim Sum with the Chan side in WanChai district... which poh-poh insisted that we take the electric trolley to... and also stating that it would only take 30 minutes... not quite... and we got on the wrong trolley, which was kind of hilarious, if only because everyone started to freak out that we were late.... A was a good sport and managed to pack away everything my aunt put on his plate (no cow stomach for him tho!), then we took a tour of the 'old neighborhood', and my aunt pointed out the key "to-do's"
*Won Ton Noodle shop that my dad frequents every time he's in HK (we'll check out that later today)
* Cashmere export shop (i.e. my mum's 'favorite' place)
*prostitutes (what not to do in HK.. )
*Electronics Depot

then we slept it off and decided to eat again,
the giant dinner meal with the Wong side... which of course everything ended up on my plate.. i was seriously contemplating bulimia 1/3 of the way through dinner... If only to make it to the end of the dinner.... But good times all around. my cousins are fun.. they took us to the top of the peak (cold and windy) for an awesome view, then down to Central for drinks.... Of which poh-poh was inquiring about later...

This AM, after convincing my poh-poh that yes, we dont drink milk, and that no her maid didn't break the shower I did (to no avail, that poor woman can do no right), which was then fixed we finally made it out of the house...

HK's been fun so far. I think it's been really interesting noting the class and cultural differences here... (more later), which I'm sure I'll see more of in India...