Sept 23, 2007 - Hong Kong (on a tour to Lantau island)
Tour guide [with chinese accent] : Welcome to Kong Kong! {I thought it was Hong Kong?}
Tourist#1: Is that how you pronounce Hong Kong in Chinese?
Tour guide: Yes, Kong Kong.
Tourist#1: Kong Kong?
Tour guide: Kong Kong.
Tourist#1: Shrugs shoulders and gives puzzled look.
Tourist#2: {Speaking out to give correct pronunciation} It is actually pronounced "Heong Kong" {Hey, he's chinese too}
Tour guide: Do you know that Kong Kong {still can't get it right} got its name because it was famous for good smelling cheese?
Moi: WHAT!? Did he say cheese? I didn't know that?
Tour guide: Yes, they bring the cheese and cut it here and they would put it in the ships to send it all over the world.
Tourist#1: What is this cheese?
Tour guide: Ahhh, errr... I don't know the name in english but in chinese it is *says-something-I-can-make-out*
Tourist#2: SANDALWOOD!!
Moi: OMG!!!!! TREES!!!
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