Arrived in Hong Kong...

We have landed in Hong Kong and it was about 5am when we got off the plane. My mother and I are stretching our legs after a VERY long 15 hour flight from Toronto. We flew with Cathay Pacific and would you believe, they served us congee for breakfast!! Gotta love the Asian airlines. I don't know why I'm surprised - we were served curry on the plane in India. :)

I watched three movies - Unknown, Blue Valentine and Just Go With it. Action, drama and comedy....and still had about 8 hours left. Let me just tell you - do NOT watch Blue Valentine in front of your mother.. it gets awkward. I am almost 30 and I still fast forward the love scenes when I'm around my mother. Gosh. I also watched a whole season of Sex and the City and by the time I fast forwarded all the sexy parts, there was only really 15 minutes for each episode.

When we got to our gate, there was no one here...it felt like we had the entire airport to ourselves. Of course, my mother decided to take the opportunity to yell out a few expletives in Vietnamese just for fun and we both howled like hyenas (I know I'm in good company). We have a three and a half hour layover in Hong Kong and my mother is lounging across two airport chairs right now (Yes, she fits across only two chairs) and isn't wearing any shoes. Funny part is, the guy sitting behind us is doing the same thing! Something tells me we are no longer in North America when this is somewhat acceptable.

We are getting very excited. While walking over to our gate, we talked about the food that we want to eat in Vietnam. We cannot wait to see if things are truly better here than in Canada.

Keeping you all posted...