Hong Kong three

absolutely amazed by the hair styles over here. for as much rift as the chinese are supposed to have with us, they sure do love western ways. it cannot be easy getting thin black hair to look like bob dylan but with a maroonish hue. couples seem to purchase revlon products together, many matching hair color couples. i have pretty much completed my demographic analysis of my hostel building, it is evenly divided between morons like myself, muslim fundamentalists, prostitutes, filipino cleaning ladies, and african expedites. real world san diego eat your heart out. befriended some english chaps and we spent saturday at the amusement park. nothing beats a day filled with rollercoasters, sharks, funny british accents (that puddin was quite nice), dolphin shows, enormous stuffed panda bears, and thousands of hong kongs adolescents. what a show. eating yogurt without a spoon is kind of like trying to find cleavage in asia. not easy. best purchase so far besides the spare camera battery that i bought at the black market from the tunisians in the alley, definitely a sticker to support hong kong childrens services. it cost me $1 HKD (12 cents) for every kid in the whole city to smile at me all day. speaking of stickers, everyone apparently loves them over here. there are sticker stands everwhere but i have never seen one stuck on anything, there must be a sticker shrine somewhere that they don't tell tourists about. i will find it. everyone should make a conscious effort to stretch more. i've been told that my english accent is that of a homosexual cockney, by the end of this trip i hope i can be a hetero with a posh accent. that of the queen. chicken... having some real trouble. lots of people wearing avian flu masks and every menu with chicken pictures show it raw. it is not just in the states where every chinese menu has pictures. china too. but i did try chinas top delicasy. birds nest. brace yourself for this one, its bird saliva/regurgitation which is supposed to be the best protein you can put in your body. it actually wasn't that bad. like a sinus infection loogie with a nice hint of mango & coconut. one good thing about the hostel... shower, toilet, and sink are all one. multi tasking like never before. apparently if you put a sock on a cats head it will start running backwards quickly trying to back itself out of it. of course i would have no idea. a middle eastern man with a heavy mustache told me i had a lucky face. could take that a couple of different ways. yikes.

so i have arrived in vietnam.... coming out of saigon airport is like emerging from a limo at the oscars. hundreds and hundreds of people cheering. i felt like danny devito at the lethal weapon 3 premier. this place is crazy. i have never seen so many mopeds in my entire life. been here three hours and already saw a moped/street vendor collision. noodles everywhere.

blog fans... luke skywalker had darth vador, like daniel son had cobra ki, like majic johnson had aids. i too have found my arch nemisist. his name is slow connecting internet in vietnam. i will try my best but it might be hard until i get to bangkok.