Regretful Packing (Hong Kong)

Upper left hand is the hotel address, the writing is directions to the basketball tournament for taxi drivers. 

Everyplace else we took the subway.

Packing light is something I strive to do. I wear clothes over and over and bring teeny tiny containers of only the most necessary stuff. It's good to handle all your luggage with one hand so the other hand can show the passport, hang on to the escalator, pass around the hand sanitizer, point at the flight departure screen, pay for the water bottles once you get past security, and push people out of the way so you can board first.

I don't mind not looking like a fashion plate when I travel because 1) I'm done worrying about what strangers think and well, there are no other reasons. Pretty soon I'll be wearing black sandals with white socks and not give a fig what you think.

View from the hotel room (The Cosmopolitan in Wan Chai)

Packing light is satisfying. After a 2 or 12 hour flight, when you are slightly dehydrated, you can still lift your own luggage out of the overhead bin. It's empowering to get where you need to go without assistance (which brings me to the topic of sensible shoes). Traveling can be something of a sport with all that lifting, pulling, maneuvering and, if you are with Roland, speed walking to and from gates.

Stanley, Hong Kong, a delightful beach town. 

However, you can pack too light. In my efforts to keep travel easy peasy I decided not to bring the fancy camera on our recent trip to Hong Kong. Regret.

How many times did I say, "Oh, I wish I had the other camera!" ? Too many times. The iphone does fine as you can see by these photos but I wanted the other camera all week. In fact there were many photos I didn't even bother with because I knew they wouldn't work with the iphone.

This moled man has a thriving business making custom baby onesies in Stanley, his 

fingers on his right hand end at the knuckles, he used three different brushes while 

I took his picture.

So it is time to get a camera case that isn't bulky because the one I have now is so huge

you could change a diaper in it. Any ideas?

Also, Hong Kong! It was cool, about 70 degrees, and people were wearing fur coats, big boots, hats, and bulky sweaters. It was such a refreshing change from the constant heat and humidity of Singapore. Even with a population of 7,200,000 people the people I met were kind and gracious. 

I love Hong Kong, there is so much to explore! The city has an exciting vibe. 

I will be going back many times!