waiting on the card....

So, I arrived here halfway around the world WITHOUT a debit card. I needed to get a new one before I left and it failed to arrive before my flight. I'm still waiting for it to get here. But in the meantime, I've been slumming it out here in Hong Kong waiting for my ticket to the mainland. The last few days have been spent wandering around trying to keep cool. I feel like a cow in India wandering the streets while people accommodate my aimlessness and sweat. and i probably look like one compared to the generally smaller and shorter populace. But whatever, this is a pretty cool place. My hotel in Kowloon is in the working class neighborhood of the city. Central, which is across the bay, is the "downtown" of the city. There you can find any kind of food and people. Yesterday I ate Mexican food served by someone who may not be from Mexico. the nachos were worthy though of my ten dollars and it was next to an escalator IN THE STREET! the hills are so steep that they have escalators and thank god for that!
other things I have seen in the last few days:
A schoolgirl that couldn't be more than 11 was carrying around a PHYSICS book in ENGLISH! I'm sure she could write out a better paragraph than me.
An older lady looking through the selection of meat hanging in front of her with her bare hands.
A gutted hog laid beside her.
no cats or dogs anywhere
hand sanitizer EVERYWHERE along with signs that state that this rail or that door knob is sanitized 4 times a day
a crowd on a crowded street outside of a cluttered electronics shop all watching a TV. Micheal Jackson was playing and everybody stopped to watch. everybody.