Just arrived at my hostel here in Hong Kong. We're 12 hours ahead here. It's overcast outside, around 80 degrees and super humid. The 21 hour flight from NYC went really smoothly- I had 3 feet of leg room in my exit row, they served us three fantastic meals, I read a book and half, and I got a decent amount of sleep (Thanks Ambien). The only annoyance was the many screaming babies, and perhaps even more annoying were the weird sounds their parents made for hours trying to quiet them down. "uh-yuy-uh-yuy-uh-yuy-uh-yuy". you get the picture. I conveniently left the street address of the hostel in my desk at work, but at least knew which bus stop to get off at. So I wandered around a bit, and found a friendly young girl collecting money
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