Casual International Teacher Conference Days 6 - 8: The Conference Itself, and Getting Home
Monday, December 1st, 2025 7:18 PM Hong Kong International Airport Ah, now to the actual reason I was here, the conference through which I was able to attain this free trip to China in the first place. I would break my trip up into 3 parts: Solo Hong Kong, Group Trip Guangzhou, and now this -- the Deeper Learning China conference. I have enjoyed all three parts of my trip for different reasons. Hong Kong was just so fucking cool . I would have to come back and spend more time here. China was fascinating and so different, and I am glad my first time here was with a guide, as China was "post credit card," which feels insane to me and my Western sensibilities (seriously, they seemed to view credit cards the way we view checks -- they like apps like Apple Pay, but even that was not always something they accepted, as the far favored preference of stores and cafes and restaurants was either the app Alipay or the app WeChat, which seems to be a mix of messaging, social media, and fi...