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Treeleaf Diary entry 2: Hong Kong
July 3rd, 2019. From one big city to another, from sunshine to sauna: a night in Hong Kong (Original post from March 24, 2020, edited in 2022) The second longest flight of my life departed from California, Los Angeles on July 3rd, 2019. Destination: Hong Kong. The only reason this city, where restlessness and protests had in more quiet ways already started, showed up in my plans was due to it being my transit flight to Japan. The layover was 18 hours and I chose to take full advantage of it - Hong Kong allowed visa-free 30 days visit within the city limits, so I deliberately chose that flight option to have a chance to familiarize myself with a place that I would not otherwise have gone to. Why not spend the night comfortably in the city until morning and get some good night's sleep in a real bed! I was sure I had completely finished with L.A. but there is still one...
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Treeleaf Diary entry 1.4: USA – L.A – Hollywood
24. juuni – 2. juuli, 2019. Michael Jacksoni jälgedes, tsementi valatud möödunud aegade hiilgus ja kultuurišokk räpasesse motelli sattudes. Ehk siis mida ma USAs tegin, vol 4 Siinsest postitusest saab viimane USA puudutav peatükk. Eelkõige sellepärast, et Aasia ei jäta mind rahule ja tahab kirja pandud saada – kõik eelnev oli ju kuidagi hoopis teises võtmes prelüüd; teisalt põhjusel, et sealne olemine oli pigem privaatne ja hõlmas teisi inimesi. Mõneti mõtlen, et ehk oleksingi pidanud siinse blogi nimetama hoopis “Eraku rännakuteks” vms – neid hetki, kui minu tegemised kaasasid teisi inimesi võrdväärsete osalistena, oli tegelikult vähe. Mitte, et ma poleks kohanud teisi inimesi ega suhelnud nendega, vaid et pigem mulle…
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Treeleaf Diary entry 1.3: USA - Los Angeles
June 23rd, 2019. Arriving to the City of Angels and dreams fulfilled, and how I walked my feet into bleeding blisters on day one. Or, what on earth was I doing in the USA, vol 3 (Original post from August 24, 2020) Ihad just stepped on the night bus going to L.A. in the chilly night of San Francisco. The ride was supposed to take around 8 hours, which suited me fine as a way to spend the night. I tried to sleep on the road. Didn't succeed very well but I must have got at least 2-3 hours. Weird thing is, that for some reason I always think of this bus ride as something that happened AFTER Japan, although in reality it was my first night bus ride (if not to mention my bus trip to St. Petersburg many years back but that bus must have simply driven for ages. I think.) It could be because the first time I even heard of a night bus...