Thursday, July 17, 2008
A Bit More About Hong Kong
OK, finally, a little bit about the last stop on my trip: HONG KONG!!
Let me just say first that I really, really like Hong Kong, though as with the other cities, that may be due to the nice people I know there. Still, as I wrote the day I arrived, I felt very comfortable there, perhaps more so than in other cities, though that could be because I was staying in a familiar place.
I got to spend time with Tony and Max every day I was there and I am so happy for that. They are wonderful individuals and a wonderful couple as well. They make being gay in HK look easy, and I know that they have been very good for each other.
Max and I have been chatting on Facebook for months, starting soon after they started dating (actually, I had seen a pic of Max in one of Tony's photos and sent Tony a message asking about that really cute guy...little did I know they were starting to go out at the time). He's been a charmer online and that's because he's a charming guy in person. He went out of his way to make sure I was having a good time and he thought of sweet little details to make my trip a great one...thank you, honey!!
Both of them spent pretty much all their free time with me for 3 days, something I would not have asked anyone to do but which they offered and wanted to do. I tried to make sure they had some "alone time" in there as well. They took me to some cool restaurants they enjoy, brought me to a sex shop where the owner is hitting on Max, and took me to see some very cool sights along the harbor, as well as to a night market. I got to see parts of Hong Kong I hadn't seen before, and also bought some very fun underwear, so it was a great trip.
Monday morning I decided to be smart and go visit City University of Hong Kong because that's where Tony goes, and also, Stan had told me he did his semester abroad in college at CUHK. I took some photos and sent them to Stan, who didn't recognize them. I of course berated him for not recognizing his university. Only after returning to the US did I discover that Stan went to Chinese University of Hong Kong...the other CUHK. Um, my bad.
I was there for a holiday, "Handover Day" or something like that. It's the day Hong Kong went from British control back to Chinese control. They're not really big on celebrating that, but Beijing kinda makes them have fireworks and such.
Even though 4 countries in 3 weeks is a lot, and even though I was getting tired of hotels, I was very sorry to leave. I had a great time in Hong Kong and really owe Max and Tony a big thank you. I didn't see my other HK friends on this trip because I knew I'd only be there a short time and I wanted to stay flexible since they were making time for me. But NEXT time, the other boys need to watch out!
Let me just say first that I really, really like Hong Kong, though as with the other cities, that may be due to the nice people I know there. Still, as I wrote the day I arrived, I felt very comfortable there, perhaps more so than in other cities, though that could be because I was staying in a familiar place.
I got to spend time with Tony and Max every day I was there and I am so happy for that. They are wonderful individuals and a wonderful couple as well. They make being gay in HK look easy, and I know that they have been very good for each other.
Max and I have been chatting on Facebook for months, starting soon after they started dating (actually, I had seen a pic of Max in one of Tony's photos and sent Tony a message asking about that really cute guy...little did I know they were starting to go out at the time). He's been a charmer online and that's because he's a charming guy in person. He went out of his way to make sure I was having a good time and he thought of sweet little details to make my trip a great one...thank you, honey!!
Both of them spent pretty much all their free time with me for 3 days, something I would not have asked anyone to do but which they offered and wanted to do. I tried to make sure they had some "alone time" in there as well. They took me to some cool restaurants they enjoy, brought me to a sex shop where the owner is hitting on Max, and took me to see some very cool sights along the harbor, as well as to a night market. I got to see parts of Hong Kong I hadn't seen before, and also bought some very fun underwear, so it was a great trip.
Monday morning I decided to be smart and go visit City University of Hong Kong because that's where Tony goes, and also, Stan had told me he did his semester abroad in college at CUHK. I took some photos and sent them to Stan, who didn't recognize them. I of course berated him for not recognizing his university. Only after returning to the US did I discover that Stan went to Chinese University of Hong Kong...the other CUHK. Um, my bad.
I was there for a holiday, "Handover Day" or something like that. It's the day Hong Kong went from British control back to Chinese control. They're not really big on celebrating that, but Beijing kinda makes them have fireworks and such.
Even though 4 countries in 3 weeks is a lot, and even though I was getting tired of hotels, I was very sorry to leave. I had a great time in Hong Kong and really owe Max and Tony a big thank you. I didn't see my other HK friends on this trip because I knew I'd only be there a short time and I wanted to stay flexible since they were making time for me. But NEXT time, the other boys need to watch out!
