1. Hong Kong, Sept '97

Well, we're off to a rocky start. In the interest of completeness, I remember that our first trip was to Hong Kong, just a week after we met each other for the first time at the Grand Hyatt Erawan in Bangkok. I was on a business trip, and continuing on to Hong Kong, so Somchai came along for the weekend. You may be surprised that we were traveling together a week after we met, but I was very charming at the time. (a smiley face would be a good insert here but I'm trying to stay away from those so I'll just note I was kidding) The bad news is that we didn't have a camera or a journal, so not much of a historical record here. The good news is a business trip to Hong Kong isn't exactly riveting reading, so I'll be mercifully short. We've subsequently been to HK quite a few times, so I assume it will be popping up again in future entries. I do remember quite a bit about Hong Kong, but I think a lot of it comes from subsequent trips, plus the fact that I lived there in 1998, so I'm going to go out on a limb and say that anything I tell you about this first trip almost certainly took place some other time. Moving on (and hopefully improving)...