Good mornin' Hong Kong!

So I bet you are all watching the Super Bowl right now, huh? Here, it's Monday morning and I'm sitting at the airport. My boss warned me that I shouldn't buy anything liquid once I got here, but after I cleared all the security (and experienced some minor issues at immigration because I was missing some paperwork), I thought I was okay. Since I still have green snot coming out of everywhere, I'm trying to stay hydrated. So I got to my gate only to find yet another security check point. None of the other gates had it, so I guess it's because my flight is going to the US after Tokyo. So I tried to be sneaky and get my water on board, but I got busted. He said I could drink it while the line piled up behind me, but then pointed out that I wouldn't have access to the restrooms once I cleared security. What kind of weird process is this anyway? This airport also has smoking rooms (which looks straight out of Reno - all dark, and everything had gold sparkles). But they also had prayer rooms too.

I have to pee ...

Lesson from 5:00 am this morning. This is what they call a Chinese wake up call. After cleaning the shower, they position the shower head in such a way that you take a face full of cold water when you turn on the water. Ahh - refreshing!