All roads lead to Hong Kong...

Or maybe I should say all roads lead from Hong Kong. I just arrived after a surprisingly painless 13 hour United flight. Hanging out in the transit area now, waiting for my "fast ferry" connection to Macao. It's so weird to be back...in Hong Kong that is. It's like everything has changed and nothing has. The smells are the same (not fragrant, in case you were wondering), the people look the same, but the sounds have slightly changed. There's more Mandarin in the air -- and "in the air" as a nice way of saying they are super f-ing loud. Peachy. Now I remember why I don't actually like coming to Asia that much. ;-)

In funnier news, one of the flight attendants asked me about 10 hours into the flight: "I've been meaning to ask you...are you a celebrity?"

To which I responded: "No...have I been rude to you or something?" ;-)