Leaving Hong Kong first thing this morning seemed an unfortunate price to have to pay despite the eager anticipation of returning home to loved ones. Hong Kong must surely rank as one of the world's most captivating cities. The views over the harbor were spectacular both by day with ship traffic and night with the hills ringing the island in a spray of lights. Hong Kong also fuses old and third world with sophisticatedly modern, not to mention cultural influences from around the globe, in a city with a rather more Pacific Island than industrial feel.
After a very long, sleepless 13 hour flight we have since arrived in Chicago for a short lay over before our final leg to Columbia. Battling one's way through passport control and baggage collection and then back through a fresh round of security checks the first thing that comes to mind is how Western every body looks. Airport staff also have a kind of casual familiarity (I have been reffered to as 'hon' by airport staff at least once despite feeling anything but sweet about now) that does make it seem quite good to be back State-side if not quite home.
Leaving Hong Kong first thing this morning seemed an unfortunate price to have to pay despite the eager anticipation of returning home to loved ones. Hong Kong must surely rank as one of the world's most captivating cities. The views over the harbor were spectacular both by day with ship traffic and night with the hills ringing the island in a spray of lights. Hong Kong also fuses old and third world with sophisticatedly modern, not to mention cultural influences from around the globe, in a city with a rather more Pacific Island than industrial feel. 
After a very long, sleepless 13 hour flight we have since arrived in Chicago for a short lay over before our final leg to Columbia. Battling one's way through passport control and baggage collection and then back through a fresh round of security checks the first thing that comes to mind is how Western every body looks. Airport staff also have a kind of casual familiarity (I have been reffered to as 'hon' by airport staff at least once despite feeling anything but sweet about now) that does make it seem quite good to be back State-side if not quite home.
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