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The end. Farewell Hong Kong but I love my Africa

+Blaine left in the early hours of the morning, but not without a "see you in class, bro" exchanged between us. He is off to Thailand with his family and will be arriving back in South Africa on the morning that our first class starts. Ha ha ha. I had a peaceful morning, eating bran sticks (never had them before, they are incredibly delicious, can see me becoming addicted). Andy Warhol museum: 15 Minutes Eternal What a pleasant suprise that the Andy Warhol Museum is currently touring Asia and is it's largest endevour to this continent as of yet. I zipped down on the MTR underground to Tsim Sau Tsui to the Hong Kong Museum of Arts and was transported to a world of art. A couple of well known memorable quotes by Andy Warhol that were displayed on the walls: "Everybody must have a fantasy." "I've never met a person I couldn't call a beauty." "I never think that people die, they just go to department stores" (I had no ide...

Last full day: Lord MacLehose leads a most epic of treks

One last visit to Stanley This visit was half because our time in the medical residences had expired, but also so that Blaine can spend some more time with his cousins. We spent the night playing wacky family card games. After the kids and parents went to sleep, Blaine and I headed off to Stanley main street, which is quite peaceful yet vibrant at night, since Stanley is the trendy place to be if you would like a Sunday night dinner in the Kong. So this is where Blaine and I sat down for our first and last time at a restaurant in our Hong Kong visit. We ordered two of the most delicious dark dark beer draughts that I have ever come across. The name escapes me, but I am certain my taste buds will lead me to this (possibly Danish) dark beer once more. We drank them in goblets and felt like sirs. After this we headed to our trusty 7/11, got us a couple of Tsing Tsao beers, some chocolate chip cookies and enjoyed them at the rocks next to the ocean and chatted about unimportant t...