I've never voted from abroad before. I've got a layover in Hong Kong in a few days. I managed to make it to the consulate around noon today. I even had to wait in line – somehow a bunch of people showed up at exactly the same time.

I really liked this offhand comment one of the staff members made: "It's like everyone agreed to come right now." And they really did.

The whole process isn't really different from voting back home. The only thing is they confiscate your phones at the entrance (it's a consulate after all). And the local building security was pretty stressed about the sudden crowd. The consulate itself is pretty small, so they had to set up the queue in the foyer on a different floor.