Do you need a suit?

All of the touts on the street corners of Hong Kong seem to think Justin does! We spent the morning exploring the city, and he was approached no less than ten times by entrepreneurial tailors. I guess he appeared a) under-dressed, b) gullible, c) wealthy, or d) American ... wrong on at least the last two counts.

After a very long travel day yesterday (twenty-four hours of transit between our house in Holladay and our Hong Kong hotel), and only three to four hours of sleep, we were beyond tired last night. However, our hotel is lovely and a nice place to lay our weary heads. We ordered room service and then had no energy to eat it. We slept well and then ate even better this morning. We are getting to know our travel group and it appears we will get to know at least three of couples quite well, as we will travel together by train tomorrow morning to Guangzhou. We re-acquainted ourselves with the Kawloon area today and had good memories from our last visit here. Then we had a dim sum lunch with our travel group and even had the same guide, Matthew, as we did three years ago. Families from our previous travel group can envision our lunch today... same room, same menu, great food. We also cruised around the shopping/tourist area. I mean, who really needs to go to the Louvre when you can see the Mona Lisa in burnt toast at the mall?

Justin was interviewed by a cute little elementary schoolboy (alias, Peter) on the waterfront today. Several boys were in there school uniforms and with their teachers. The boy was practicing his English for a school project by asking Justin how to spell his name, where he was from, and how long we were staying in town. Very cute. Along the waterfront, the Avenue of Stars is also a tourist hot spot and it is fun to see their fascination with Bruce Lee, paying homage to Hong Kong's coolest native son.

We thought we might watch the lights over the harbor tonight, but instead opted to have a few beers in the bar with some of our fellow travel couples. Funny, they were seeking our "wisdom" since we had done this before. We had to laugh since a few short years ago, we were begging for advice from those around us. We are amazed at these couples, who have patiently waited FIVE YEARS for their referrals and are finally going to meet their daughters in just a few hours. We are so happy for them.

See you on the mainland!