Hong kong day 1/2

hey hey hey! So i am laying in bed in my tiny air bnb on temple st and it is my mission to keep an active update this time on my travels! So i am incredibly jet lagged atm and its only 9am but i feel like its like a whole other time. So the flight was long and butt numbing to say the least. I was lucky cause I was able to change my seats once we took off and i ended up sitting in a seat near the emergnecy exits and had much more leg room. I started up a convo with the people sitting next to me and the one guy from Montreal was doing a connecting flight to manilla for work. He said he has to travel for  work about once a year and if its not to Manilla then its to Uraguay. The lady next to me was visiting her daughter. So after we collected our things we had to take a shuttle bus into the city and the first few things i noticed was the heat, and how many non chinese people were here! It was really weird cause even though i know Hk has a huge expat community i didnt know just how large it is. On the train there was a family from the UK and the girls were all under the age of 13 all speaking with their englsih accents, andthen the person beside me was like east indian and yeah just lots of foreigners. Another thing that was nice was that english is essentially written everywhere.
Upon arriving to our tiny place, i must say i was totally shocked to see how small and tightly crammed stuff was.
Check out my instagram to see my ridiculous video of me doing like a panoramic video of our place: @soundreflections87

Anyway we finished the night at this wicked bar/restaurant that reminded me much of Moxies. We had a stunning view of the city and the lights and for a split second i fantisized what it would be like to live here for a year or something. I can definitely see the appeal and why there are so many expats here. Its easy to forget about life and just work hard to play hard. We met two girls who were living here, both chinese but born from places other than HK. One was from south africa and the other from brisbane. They really loved living here and i was super jealous that spoke perfect canto and mandarin.!!Also what shocked me was how bilingual native HKers are here.  Our server was from pakistan and could speak fluent canto. I dunno why i am always amazed when people can speak multiple languages, you become such an asset when anywhere out of N america. Or maybe im just weird cause im super fascinated with the world and different cultures :P
This morning when walking to buy some freshly baked buns i ran into a group of cyclists all in their gear with fancy bikes just sitting in the middle of the street eating off plastic stools and the whole scene was weird but i was so happy to see that it appears a cycling community exists here. Again sort of picturing myself living here and seeing how it is possible hahaha!! Now to find a good yoga studio...;)
Anyways i am gonna get ready as i am meeting some cousins for lunch in s couple hours...and by that i mean take a quick cat nap
Peace