Rory warned me, "Avoid such places", which was fine with me seeing that I had my Thai girlfriend along. I wanted to treat Rory and my girlfriend to dinner at the top of Victoria Peak, which I had run to the top of back in , but in spite of our arriving at its base where we'd take the tram to the top after it had started to rain, we faced a long line with a 2 hour wait.
And as for Hong Kong's vaulted shopping many years have gone by since my last visit in To get my money's worth I'd rather go to my favorite shopping center, amazon. I really can't see any bargains here in Hong Kong so I'll just leave the shopping for people much more affluent than I, or those who fail to appreciate the value of a buck.
Which brings us to the women and the night life. It can get pretty exciting down in Wanchai, especially if Rory's around to play tour guide. I had met Rory in Pattaya exercizing on the elliptical machine next to me.
I was trying to learn Thai and had plugged a USB device into the elliptical machine. But Rory was that very special kind of man you meet once or twice in a lifetime. A few days later, Rory was exercizing next to me trying to learn Thai. He already spoke fluent Chinese, but learning Thai was a little much for both of us. Neither of us was exactly 14 anymore although Rory was still a good bit younger than me. The Thai women loved Rory. We all loved Rory. He would literally dance into a beer bar or go go club.
A very bright serious man, when he goes about his business, when it came to Pattaya's bars, no one was as nonchalent and carefree as Rory. Unfortunately he did't stay long in Pattaya. His company had bigger and better plans for him. He was to help build the largest casino in the world, in China, just across from Macau.
