Hong Kong

After a couple of days in Guangzhou (the New Jersey of China), where I met Korn, ate some good dim sum, and marvelled at how ugly the women are (and how bad their hair is), we left for Macau.

Macau gets a bad rap for having too many casinos and too many whores. I disagree with this assessment. We found a charming european city with pedestrian avenues, nice shops, gorgeous villas, and great mountain vistas. We also checked out a few of the casinos. The Chinese casinos (eg: the Lisboa) which the guidebooks promised were full of smoking, spitting degenerates, had cleaned up their act and were rather civilized. In fact, they were eerily quiet. The ultra-modern Sands felt more like Vegas what with the cheeseball cover band, rows of slot machines, and cocktail bar.

Hong Kong is great except for the fact that internet access is hard to come by. We're staying in the infamous Mirador Mansions (which are not anywhere near to being Mansions) in Kowloon. We've spent our days walking around, checking out good looking people, doing a bit of shopping (and tailoring), and a whole lot of eating. The two of us managed to polish off a whole Peking Duck. Delicious! The weather is horrible, probably due to the typhoon that's about to hit Taiwan.