Day 2: Hong Kong - Lost, dazed and confused

After a somewhat good night sleep on a bed that is exactly 6 feet long (I am so grateful that I'm not a mutant like Yao Ming) and waking up at 6am (thinking i have over slept), I have ventured into the urban wilderness of Hong Kong. First thing I learned was to to look RIGHT before LEFT, something I have forgotten since my trip to the UK 4 years ago. I finally arrived in Mong Kok for the quest of a new cell phone (for those who do not know, my current cell phone is an ASIAN model, which means it lacks the 850 band which seems to be mandatory around my house). My coworker referred me to this placed called "Sin Tak" which apparently tells 2nd hand phones. What I didn't know was that it was a PLACE (ie mall) called "Sin Tak" and not the store.

The heat is another thing I'm having trouble coping with. Growing up in a country where the temperature is below freezing point for about 3/4 of the years, a 38 with humidity area is quite a shock for me. I think i downed about 1L of water within an hour and I had to buy more. This is something I have to get used to and quick because once I exhaust my desire to shop (which will probably end tomorrow), I have trips which involves walking around non air conditioned area and then I have singapore which is worst. Oddly enough, night time is as bad, minus the heat, but it seems that everybody comes out at night. It's like i'm living in a twilight movie or something :P

As for food report, there isn't much to report today. I am still taking it easy on the "exotic" food just to avoid weird surprises, so I went to Cafe de Coral (it's a fast food chinese chain) for char siu and duck and rice, and dinner was fried lo mien on a street corner. The language barrier is going to be rather tricky since I barely know any cantonese and my mandarin is mediocre at best. Speaking english is the equivalent of putting a huge "I'M A TOURIST" sign above my head.

Going to try to exhaust myself by staying up as much as i can and hope to get a good night sleep. My objective is to NOT crawl back into my hotel and take a nap. If i have to drink 10 coffees to stay awake, then dammit that's what i will do!!!