The Long Journey Away from Home

A perk of leaving on an exchange trip is that it serves as a great excuse to party hard the entire week before you leave. I was able to do a lot of things I've always wanted to do but never did because I'd always tell myself next time. Some things I was able to enjoy before leaving paradise was attend Eat-the-Street (theme: spice), experience a Bon Dance, have breakfast at Cafe Kaila, boat cruise out to sea, mini house party, beach, bowl at Her-Way-Thursdays Aiea, Waimea, dinner with friends, and Krazy

Karaoke to end the entire week. The most memorable of them all was being able to finally muster up the confidence to walk up the huge rock at Waimea and jumping off from the highest point. As a first timer coming down I thought a cannon ball would be my best bet, but of course it was actually the most painfullest. I ended up with a huge bruise on my thigh, ripping the side of my swim shorts, and wore a towel around my waist the entire day. Moments like these is what living in Hawai'i is all about.

My lonesome journey from Hawai'i to Hong Kong was exceptionally long due to a three hour delay for my first flight from Hawai'i to South Korea. Due to this layover I was unable to make my connection flight to Hong Kong; however, Asiaian Airlines did arrange for all Hong Kong passengers to board the very next flight heading that way. After about 18+ hours of traveling I had finally arrived at Hong Kong at around 11:00PM. A couple days before I left Hong Kong I was a little scared of traveling alone, mostly because I would be landing in Hong Kong late at night, had no one to meet up with, and was hulling two large luggage + a backpack. Surprisingly enough the Hong Kong airport was very efficient in getting people to their destination. After departing from the airplane I followed the crowd to immigration and then into the travel visa line (i think), the guy at the window stamped my book and I walked right on through. After grabbing my luggage and doing some currency exchange I followed the signs right into the taxi pickup area. To ensure passenger safety airline workers are stationed at the taxi pickup area to hand passengers a card with the license plate number of the taxi you will be riding along with travel safety tips. The ride from the Airport to CityU's Student Residency costed $229.50 HKD, about $29.59 USD.