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- That is awesomely good.
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It is very tender and you can really taste that
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really reduced red wine sauce.
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Good morning everyone.
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It's Mark Wiens with migrationology.com in New York City.
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Last night I had a little bit of a dream
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about that coffee in the fridge.
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So I just woke up, I'm gonna start with the coffee.
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I don't have a bottle opener, but I do have a spoon.
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Let's see if I can do this, it's been a while.
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Oh yeah. Alright, success.
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I think it's a very light roast which I really like
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because you can taste the full body,
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the full flavor of the coffee
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and it is kind of like a roasted caramel brown color to it,
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and very aromatic as soon as I popped
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that lid on that bottle.
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Smells kind of like, a little bit fruity.
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Oh that tastes good.
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It's kind of earthy actually, rather than fruity.
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The more I sit here and keep drinking this coffee,
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it just keeps getting better and better.
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The complexity and I keep tasting new flavors.
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It's amazing, and it's so smooth
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and it really is just like coffee juice,
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the nectar, this cold brew.
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Wow it's good.
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Goodbye New York City, this is an awesome view.
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And thank you very much to Courtyard Marriott Chelsea.
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We've had a fantastic stay, staff are awesome here
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and this is literally a prime location,
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right around the corner from Penn Station.
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A great place to stay when you're in New York City.
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It's time to move on to the next destination.
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We have come to my final bite in New York City.
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I'm gonna make it happen right over there
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on the street corner just outside of Pennsylvania Station.
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I just came to thinking, I have not had a hot dog yet
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in New York City.
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I ordered a hot dog, got everything on it,
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and this a halal cart so it's a 100% beef hot dog,
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and I got all the toppings, put on some sauerkraut,
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some ketchup and mustard.
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And it's a boiled hot dog as well.
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I saw him pull it out of the hot water.
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Simple and classic.
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Hot dog, the bread, the little bit of spicy mustard,
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and then that sauerkraut to give it
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a little bit of a fresh crispness.
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The hot dog is okay, but what I love is this atmosphere,
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right here in Madison Square Garden, buildings surrounding.
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There are lots of people and what I love so much
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about New York City is just the incredible diversity.
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People from all walks of life.
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From every culture to the farthest corners of the globe.
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You hear different languages standing here,
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you see different cultural traditions standing here.
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I think that's really what sums up New York City.
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We bought our tickets and again we are flying out of
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Newark International Airport.
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Have about a 20 minute wait until the next train leaves.
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We made it to the airport.
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We are flying with United from Newark to Hong Kong.
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This is gonna be by far the longest flight
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on this entire round the world trip for food.
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I think it's about 16 hours on this flight.
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And if you're just joining me on this video
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I wanted to just really quickly fill you in.
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Right now my wife Ying and I are on a trip
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with Star Alliance,
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a round the world trip for food.
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We are traveling to a total of nine different destinations.
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We started in Bangkok, so that's 10 destination
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if you count our home base in Bangkok,
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and we're traveling around with the specific purpose
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of eating delicious food.
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So this is, it's hard to believe actually
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that we're coming to the end of the trip right now.
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We are gonna fly to Hong Kong
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and then be in Hong Kong for a couple of days,
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then we'll fly back to Bangkok
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and that will complete the entire circle,
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the entire trip around the world with Star Alliance.
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If you haven't already watched the entire video series
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they will be in a full playlist
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which I will leave the link in the description box below.
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You can watch all of the videos in consecutive order
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and follow this entire trip round the world for food.
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On our way to Hong Kong, and again
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we're flying business class.
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Starting off with a welcome champagne.
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And this is one flight that I am looking forward
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to all 16 hours of, are you looking at the menu?
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Hello. No thank you.
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What's on the menu Ying?
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- Beef, stir fry noodle,
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salmon. - Oh short rib.
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Short rib or salmon.
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The short rib sounds fantastic.
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(pilot speaking on intercom)
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We are about 30 minutes into this flight
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and it is time for lunch.
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On the menu this says this is Balik style salmon
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with remoulade sauce.
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And wow that is a pretty thick, hearty slice of salmon
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and there are maybe sun dried tomatoes in the middle?
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Is that one slice of salmon?
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Oh that is huge.
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Oh it's so soft and tender and buttery, just creamy, oily.
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And there's also some kind of a sauce here.
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It's like a little bit of a horseradish kind of sauce.
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And that is just such a huge chunk of salmon.
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That salmon is so tender, you can cut it with your fork.
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The meal is served course by course
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so it is salad course now,
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and I got the balsamic vinaigrette dressing.
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Thank you. - And for you anything else?
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Ma'am, anything else? - We're good, thank you.
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For main course I got the short rib with red wine sauce,
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and then it came with mashed potatoes, and carrots,
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and green beans, and a tomato.
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Oh that's so tender.
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Get a close-up look at that.
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That is awesomely good.
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It is very tender and you can really taste
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that really reduced red wine sauce.
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That is seriously good.
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What I will do is take the pepper
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and sprinkle it on generously.
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Next up, this is the pre-dessert snacks.
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Cheese and grapes and crackers.
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Okay, let me start off with this cheese here.
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Oh that is a very crumbly, oh thank you.
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That is a very crumbly, dry cheese.
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I think it's a goat cheese.
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It does have a very kind of animaly taste to it.
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It's like cream cheese, though.
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That has to be followed by a grape.
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The immediate juicy sweetness of that grape.
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And finally, the last course of this meal is dessert,
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and it is gelato.
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And Ying and I decided to share one,
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and Jean really hooked up the chocolate sauce, the fudge.
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She just poured it all over the ice cream.
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That is sweet, and then I also got a cup of tea here.
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And that completes this gourmet meal.
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I just woke up, it's about an hour and a half
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until we land in Hong Kong and it's time for breakfast now,
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starting with a coffee.
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And sorry about the bed head.
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Actually I'm not really sorry.
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And for my main course for breakfast I chose the omelette.
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Came with some herbed sausage,
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and you can really see all of the spices
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within that sausage.
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There's potatoes here and also maybe some kind of,
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what's the orange thing?
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Pumpkin or squash or something?
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I'll go with the spoon for this.
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All of a sudden there's a bunch of turbulence.
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I gotta start with that herb sausage.
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Whoa, this is a shaky camera.
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Full of like, herbs and tastes like apple as well.
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And omelette.
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Is that cheese and also maybe some black beans in here.
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I think that's like a creamy, cheesy sauce
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actually underneath that omelette.
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[Pilot Speaking On Intercom] Ladies and gentlemen
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United and our Star Alliance partners and our
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international flight crew welcome you
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to Hong Kong International Airport.
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The local time is approximately 7:18pm
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- [Flight Attendant] Where do you go from here?
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- Bangkok. That's where we're from.
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My wife is from. Congratulations, bye.
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Two meals, three movies,
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and about six hours of on and off sleep,
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and we have arrived in Hong Kong.
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It's about 7:30 pm.
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We're waiting for our bag now but I just wanted to say
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thank you to United Airlines,
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and especially to Jean and Anna and the captain
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and the whole crew of that airline.
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They really took care of us that flight.
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- [Taxi Driver] Where are you going to?
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- [Mark] JW Marriott.
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- [Taxi Driver] Okay, hello.
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- When you arrive in Hong Kong,
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there's a very convenient train,
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or I've also taken the bus before
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from the airport to the town.
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But Ying is not feeling very well right now
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so we decided to take a taxi directly to our hotel.
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But it's great to be in Hong Kong.
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Okay thank you very much.
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- [Hotel Attendee] Have a wonderful stay with us.
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- Thank you.
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(cheering)
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- Ying is pretty happy to be at this hotel.
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We're staying at JW Marriott.
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We got all checked in,
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and she was just going over our benefits.
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We have breakfast, afternoon tea, cocktails, hors d'oeuvres,
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evening snacks, and other refreshments all day long.
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It's like all you can eat, all day long,
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in this hotel, and we are going up to our room right now.
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What floor are we on?
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Oh I gotta clear my ears.
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We're on the 35th floor.
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This is a nice hotel.
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Alright.
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On, oh is this the AC.
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Let's take a quick tour of the room.
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Have the bed right in the center there.
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Oh Ying is already hanging out on that sofa chair.
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Desk on the side here.
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And this is like a corner, do we have the corner room?
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Or we at least have a corner window.
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There's a little bit of a glare on the window right now.
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Oh yeah, but if you look close,
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I'm not sure if you can see.
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No, probably not picking up on the camera,
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oh there we go.
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You can see that view.
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I'm sure tomorrow morning we'll have
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a better view in the daylight.
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And now over to the bathroom.
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Oh by the way, the drink station, water,
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coffee maker, water boiler, and bathroom in here.
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Every kind of bathroom thing you need.
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Toilet is here.
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And shower, both a shower, and a tub.
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And that completes the tour of the room.
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This is a really nice room.
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I've been to Hong Kong a number of times
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so this isn't my first time to Hong Kong but
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Hong Kong remains one of my favorite cities in the world.
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It's just an amazing city.
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The buildings, the architecture, the food is awesome
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and so for the next four days we're gonna be in Hong Kong.
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It's hard to believe that this is our final destination
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on this round the world trip for food with Star Alliance.
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But happy to be in Hong Kong.
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It's been a long day.
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Ying and I are both a little disoriented right now
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but it is around 9 pm in Hong Kong so
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I don't think we'll do anything for tonight.
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We're gonna go to bed pretty soon.