The family and I met in HK for a brief vacation for our semi annual visits. Heh, my mom sold some gold bars which she was really happy to have bought a few years ago. She bought them at 300 dollars an ounce, I think it's like 900 an ounce now so she made quite a killing. I made no new discoveries, just looking around for good cell phones, but found out that US is the best place to buy electronic gadgets. There was a time where hong Kong was a good place to buy, but now with the Internet, traditional retailers are really dying - See Circuit City. Ebay is just the king of them all, especially if second hand stuff is ok. The problem with Mobile phones is the unlocking crap you have to deal with.
Then the rest of the time i just spent in the hotel room watching the poolside for beautiful bikini clad flesh. Periodic rain however put a damper in the pool plan but the room offered good porno previews on their paybox.
Its really true about health, sanitation and bateria in food. In the states we take all that for granted. My proof is that I noticed in Hong kong, similar to the US, my poo is long strong and firm, but in the Philippines the power of the poo evaporates like kryptonite to superman. And the poo is easily destroyed. I think there's just so much bacteria in the food from the lack of proper sanitation control. But on the other hand, you can't die from it unless you get some viral strain. Guess, what i'm trying to say is that that's one reason i miss the US.