Feeling A Bit Better…Not So Much

At the table, I was feeling better, but not so much. Peter handed me a menu, but, as I said, it was pig knuckles on this or that, and chicken wings with an egg on whatever … yuck. I ordered a Sprite, and just chatted with them. They ordered rice and some kind of pork. The smell almost made me gag. In fact, most of Hong Kong smells like the inside of an Asian market. I don’t know what it is, but it isn’t growing on me. In fact, most of the local food makes me nauseous. I’m still trying to figure out what tried to kill me today. I had a Green Tea Latte at the Giant Buddha (Starbucks are EVERYWHERE), and that might have been it OR it might have been anything, really. I think I’m going to either eat my bars for the next few days, supplemented by steamed white rice or just not eat. The heat and humidity probably was a huge factor in my getting ill, but the food isn’t helping. I don’t tend to eat over sauced or spiced food, and most of the meals we’ve had have been covered with sauces. Sarah and Robin asked me if I wanted to go back to the hotel with them, and I said yes. I took a shower, and we went out for a brief time, looking for a place where we could get some foot massage/reflexology. This service is on just about every street. We found one place that was charging $98 HK. I passed, because tomorrow I’m off on my own and I only have $100 some HK left. We can’t use it on the mainland and I don’t want to exchange anymore money. I forgot a pretty important part of the day … our first stop was to the Hong Kong Museum. I wasn’t all that keen at the beginning. But once we got to the Folk part, I was so excited. They had a huge section about weddings, opera, puppetry, funerals, and more. I took a ton of photos. We are actually on a smoking floor, believe it or not, and right now as I’m typing this – it’s midnight – I can smell smoke. It’s making me cough. It’s probably the students next to us. Both of them smoke. Actually, a lot of people smoke in Hong Kong. To make matters worse … I can’t figure out how to open the window. I should really go to bed – we are getting up at 8 a.m. for “breakfast,” ugh – but I still have a bunch of things to do. I have three hours on my card, AND since we leave tomorrow, I will lose out if I don’t use the card.