| | Tomorrow I get on a plane to fly back to New York - it will be so strange to be back in the States after being in China for so long. I suppose that I should be used to it by now, having traveled so much this summer, but I will miss lots of things. Strangely enough, I don't really miss many American things - except chocolate and ice cream (which Hong Kong has, but China does not). :)
I'm actually in Hong Kong now, which is why I can actually blog - I swear, I fully intended to during my trip! But the Chinese government had other ideas, and blocks all blogging websites. China is so different from Hong Kong - as a special administrative region of China, many laws (such as the One Child Law, which is now something like the One Child Unless You Have Lots of Money Law) don't apply here, and there are laws that do (like all official signs have to be in both English and Chinese). People here are rich; people in China are poor. Cars here don't hardcore try to run you over and actually obey traffic lawes. There aren't large numbers of severely overloaded bicycles, scooters, or motorcycles in the streets fighting with cars (think three or four people on a scooter and two on a bicycle, one sitting on the back). People here have iPods; people in China live and eat where they work as cheap labor, saving money for their family or for themselves so that they can start their lives. The sky is usually blue in HK; in Chinese cities it is rarely blue and always smoggy. The differences are incredible.
That being said, I love Hong Kong, enjoyed visiting China a lot but could not see myself living there, and will post photos on Facebook of the amazing things in China (from old favorites like the Forbidden City and the Great Wall, me playing with pandas!, the beautiful mountains along the river in the southern city of Guilin, visiting my dad's village, and tastytasty food...). Hope to see everyone soon :)
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