Hong Kong Trip pt 1

I got back later then I told everyone, cuz I spent two extra days in Hong Kong.

Day 1:

Honestly, I really tired of being treated like a second class citizen at the airport.  This was the procedure I went through:

1. Take off everything remotely metal as well as shoes (standard procedure for everyone)

2. Walk through metal detector (it didnt go off)

3. Get blocked by the TSA guard anyway who informs me I need to be patted down (no one else has been at this point)

4. I go to get my bag, and then I’m informed that they need to search it

5.  TSA bitch paws through bag, removes one AA battery and my mp3 player then claims that was the problem…doesnt realize theres another battery still in the bag.  Takes it to the corner for further screening.

6. True Americans walk around, give me a puzzled look, and go on with their business.

7. I walk away from TSA screening cursing and with my pants falling off since i forgot to put my belt back on

By contrast, security at Vancouer and Hong Kong airports were much much more reasonable

My family was stopped at all three aiports, but the times in Vancouver and Hong Kong were for (sort of) legitmate reasons.  In Vancouver my grandma had bottle of lotion over 3 oz.  Stupid rule, but it was a rule everyone follows.  The security guy was nice about it though and let us empty it into a smaller container.  In Hong Kong my grandma forgot (AGAIN) to check some powder into the suitcase.  The security guy in Hong Kong looks at the container curiously, shakes it, and gets a faceful of powder.  Embarresed, he closes it, gives it back and lets us through.

Frankly I think its a disgrace that as a natural born citizen I need to enter the airport screening like a convicted felon.

The plane delayed in New York for two hours which meant I missed the connecting flight in Vancouver.  Quick note guys, if you miss ur flight, and its the airlines fault they can provide you with a hotel and food vouchers.  That was indeed preferable to spending 24 hours at the airport waiting for the next AirCanada to Hong Kong.

Well due to time differences i would have had only 4 days in Hong Kong so we extended the stay two extra days.

Day 3: (i dunno with all the time differences im gonna count Day 3 as the first day in HK)

Explored around Mongkok (were the hotel was).  My mom discovered that she could get a wheelchair for my grandma from the hotel.  The thing weighed a ton, and guess who had to push the thing, as well as carry it up and down the subway?  Me of course.  Did I mention the thing weighed a ton?  Thing was so sturdy, they probably made it from the same material as the space shuttle…

Either way, I think my muscle mass increased significantly and I burned off 5 pounds that week.

Day 4 – Went to Central and Admiralty.  Surprisingly the only time I actually went to Hong Kong Island.  I didn’t see much there except Pacific Place as well as some buildings (lol..as a New Yorker im not easily impressed).  Afterward, I went up Victoria Peak on the tram.  I would have wanted to hike the distance, but there was the matter of the 300 pound wheelchair as well as the fact that my mom didnt want to walk ANYWHERE.

Hong Kong from the Tram.

continued later…i have to write an article once