After twenty-five days of traveling, we have arrived in Hong Kong. We have traveled by metro, boat, train, bus, and train again for over 1300 miles, one third of the distance around the earth.

In a small fishing village, houses are built on the water, standing on poles. Houses are simple, it is messy, unstructured and very hot. The heat is used to dry fish, which are then salted. Fish maws are also dried and become an exclusive raw material. We drink cold water, eat ice cream and watch the tide coming in.

When we leave Hong Kong we also leave China. We've been here before 1997, and don't really think of Hong Kong as China, but the Chinese flag is always next to the Hong Kong flag. One country, two systems. Or not.