Thursday afternoon we went to the ferry terminal in Hong Kong to meet 3 of Leah's friends who came over from Shenzhen to say good-bye. While we were waiting, Leah reflected on the irony of being confined to the Hong Kong side of the border. Many Chinese people want to go to Hong Kong, but they can't get a HK visa. We were stuck in Hong Kong, for lack of a CH visa, which Chinese people would probably think was an enviable position.
Madeline, Fiona and Sidney came through the arrivals door carrying a huge pink construction paper "yearbook", since Leah won't be there to pick up the official one. They had passed this around in school for classmates and teachers to write messages to Leah. On the way to the ferry they'd also stopped to pick up Leah one last piece of her favorite flatbread from a street vendor. What nice friends! These 4 girls fully expect to see each other in the not-too-distant future, either in Asia or the U.S.
Right now we're in the Tokyo airport, absorbing radioactive this and that, I suppose. Might as well add that to our adventures over the last 12 days.
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