check point

I have been on exchange for exactly 2 months, the partying had slow down and I've got bunch of bullshit work that I don't care about. I'm really starting to care about how to spend the rest of my time here. I want to explore Hong Kong as I observe that all UC people go to the same places repeating the same activities while hanging out in large groups. But I'd hate to leave Hong Kong knowing places that offer the same activities that I can do back in America. So for the next two month I will make an attempt to explore some rural areas, areas that aren't in the lonely planet guide books...get off the beaten tracks...Time is ticking, new experiences are waiting, in the end the destination never matter as much as the journey. Wish me luck, and fuck school work that has no educational values, Asia's #1 you should teach people how to think not how to do work.

in Thailand, you can do...

The worst kind of addiction? Nah, the best kind.

This picture was taken on the last day, I forgot my camera when I left bangkok for pattaya. But those memories will stay with me forever. Thailand certainly put a big smile on my face.

I can see how shopping is really fun :)....include the small suitcase and the ray bans are real.

I agree. Lesson learned.

Round 4/4 eating at the best buffet in Thailand. This round is Spanish food and some thai desert. Food in HK is shit to compare to this.

Thai people are very religious, a man was beaten to death on the spot because he was trying to break this buddha,

See? Smiling.

Best Tonkatsu I've ever had in my life, for how much? 10 USD.

Nice.

This street had alot of fortune tellers, I took recommendation and went to a famous one. This was life-changing experience for me.

Getting local food, Thai food in Thailand > Thai food in America.

Thailand is also called "The land of Smile" people are very happy that you take their photos.

Touristy needs satisfied, let's move on.

This is where the king lives.

Their attention to detail is just amazing.

The Grand Palace.

you can have your own swimming pool.

you can have a nice breakfast.

religion is very important to the Thai people.

You can put a fake water fall outside of a mall connecting to a 5 star hotel.

Arrived in BKK, my host family's balcony.

Thailand Can Do

What can you do in thailand? Everything, if you are a foreigner. Thailand was easily the best foreign trip in my life. From riding elephants to jetskiing to drinking with ladyboy prostitutes, you can name it. The phrase "thailand can do" means that every time we wondered about whether or not we can do something, we did it, because in thailand you can do anything if you got $. I got seriously spoiled from this trip, and coming back to Hong Kong was quite a sad moment.

Few things I gotta say, while the older generation really looked down up on prostitution industry, I think they have been stigmatized badly. I sat down and talked with a ladyboy prostitute asked her some questions and found out actually it is not their fault that they had to prostitute themselves, even people who graduate from college can only work as a door man in a hotel, just imagine the difficulties one have to face if they don't have an education, especially if you are an transsexual. It is not easy, I blame society. Thailand was a quite visually stimulating place, but behind all of the tacky decorations, there are sufferings...a lot of it. Despite the governments' efforts, most people are very poor in thailand...I don't want to get too political about this.

I want to say big thank you to my hosts, you guys really made our trip something that we can't forget. thank you thank you.

This vacation to paradise was much needed since I'm starting to get bored of Hong Kong. Thai people were very kind and calm, they never talk loud or rush you out of restaurants, instead they smile at you and tell you to take as much time as you need. Fuck Hong Kong, that's right I'm saying it, you can take your greasy ass food and your shitty ass attitude and shove it up your ass.

The thing I loved the most was not the food, the VIP services, the crazy fun stuff; I loved the Thai people the most, I do not believe they are kind to me because I had money. Sometimes a smile from a stranger is priceless. I wish I could've stayed longer...

local flavor

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half of the trophies they won from dragon boat race

1/3 of the Liang family , they were so friendly and funny. thx for the drinks and bbq

These are comparable to trailer houses, except they are much nicer and permanent residence. Oh, they are made out of stilt?

very old town, most of the business here is dry sea food.

There were tons of stray cats in Tai O :(

I haven't been updating as often...well I haven't been doing that much stuff. My sleeping schedule is all messed this last week, consecutive nights of sleeping at 6 AM...really need to change that. Today wasn't so bad, I escaped the city and went to Lantau Island. This time to Tai O. Old fishing village, I didn't expect much but I was really surprised at how friendly the people were. My friend and I just basically sat down with a local family and had BBQ and drinks with them. Apparently they were the biggest family in the village and they had so much pride in their dragon boat team. Hong Kong is such noisy and busy place, escaping to somewhere quiet was really nice break.