ana coren from hong kong, do we know where he is right now, ana? reporter: christine we don t. that s just the state of play. he went to ground after he checked out of a hotel here in hong kong yesterday. he had been there for about three weeks, tallied up a hotel room bill of about $8,000. so we don t know where he is now. i spoke to one of the journalists from the guardian who conducted the interview with edward snowden a few days ago and he confirmed he is still in hong kong. he hasn t gotten on a plane and left the city as yet. he was talking about going to iceland, where he d like to seek asylum but is he saying that is not the case, is he still here in hong kong. you went to the hotel i know where he was staying before that boutique hotel the mira. how has he been living the past