Hong Kong. Home for many movie stars I grew fond of during my childhood. After a spy exchange in North Korea, James Bond escaped from MI7’s rehabilitation facility in Hong Kong, arriving at a hotel drenched and unshaven.
My journey to Hong Kong was less eventful. Packed in a full Boeing 777 plane, I indulged in various Hongkongese cuisine and survived sixteen hours with only one trip to the lavatory by drinking only half a cup of water. A flight over Canada, the Arctic, Russia, Mongolia, China and an interview with a man in uniform half awake later, I arrived at Hong Kong dehydrated and unshaven.
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