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China is the only country I've been to without knowing I was there. I went to Hong Kong on my trip around the world about 6 years ago and I thought it was its own country. I had no interest in going there but Christian who I went with wanted to see it so I followed along.  This was the first country that I had ever been to outside of Europe and it sure was different than I was used to, not in a good way though. The city was so polluted that they had to pretend it was a fog so that tourist wouldn't mind, but it's strange how it's a constant fog everyday in Hong Kong then. I bought a surgical mask to try and fit in, and to avoid all the fumes. At least I thought that was why they wore them, but I later found out it was only sick people who wore them to prevent the virus to spread.  Since I'm almost 2 metres long and got freckles and red hair you can say I stood out amongst the crowd in Hong Kong, but even more so when I went to the famous Temple Street Ma...