Travel lessons from Hong Kong & Beijing

1. Invest in a quality backpack and pack LIGHTLY!!!
2. Bring a pen and notebook.
3. Never trustingly assume that travel agencies will always get you the correct visa.
4. Stand in the right line in customs when transferring flights, especially if you only have a one time entry visa. Otherwise
you'll have to shell out more money for another visa and hang out in the airport all day like these poor blokes:

Luckily I had a scarf and a random sock in my purse to keep me warm
Coffee isn't perking Emma up. What will work?...
Drinking her beer and mine should do the trick.
This is what happens when you don't finish your beer.
"Are your travel documents and visa in order?" Muhahahaha
Oh, Hong Kong airport, you now feel like a second home.

So, on our way to China, Emma and I were detained at the Hong Kong airport while Tori was getting kicked out of cabs, lost in Beijing. I think the most important lesson I've learned is that even the best laid plans can go array, and it's just better to enjoy the new adventure than to get upset. I mean if we would have caught our original flight, Emma and I would have missed the dramatic episode in the airport between two cheesy lovers as the girl was oblivious to the man's desperate escalator wave because she was too busy blowing her honker. Where was my camera for that one?

I'm back in the SK. It feels good to be home. Pictures from the trip will be up soon! Happy New Years!