My first solo trip overseas!
1830 – Jaime drove me to KLIA. It was raining heavily, quite a number of cars on the Sungai Besi highway exiting Kuala Lumpur. I worried that I might miss the flight, but Jaime got us to the airport on time. After checking in, I had some time to chat with Jaime. She gave me some advice, after all it was my first time flying solo! Jaime was so lovely, she waited with me until the very last minute. How I wished I could bring her with me!
1910 – 5272 miles above ground, temperature outside was -4 degree Celsius, flying at 702 kph.
2120 – 1 hour and 40 mins to destination. Ate on-board; fish and some measly looking noodles, had a glass of red. Just went past Ho Chi Minh. Am going to take a nap.
2230– Arrived at Hong Kong International Airport on Lantau Island. At the immigration lane, there was a guy who looked like David Schwimmer! He flashed a smile, it was David Schwimmer’s smile! Then his mother called him by name, ‘David’.
Nah it was not the real David Schwimmer. But it was fun pretending that he was.
Grabbed some brochures at the arrival hall then decided to forgo the Airport Express in favour of the airbus (read about it from the Lonely Planet). HKG$33 onboard the double-decker A21 from the airport to Hung Hom, passing through Mongkok, Yau Ma Tei and Tsim Tsa Tsui. Saw lots of high rise apartments and flats on the way. The airbus brochure was most informative, they have a list of hotels and which bus you could take to reach the hotel and even where to stop. I alighted at stop number 9 along Nathan Road, walked a very short distance to my hotel Caritas Bianchi Lodge which I had booked earlier from Asia Hotels.
Checked in and paid HKG$1800 for 3 nights inclusive of some refundable deposit upon check-out. A nice guy by the name of Chuen took my bag and showed me to my room on the highest level; 17th floor. Supposed to have a lovely nice view of King’s Park which I couldn’t see because it was after all, at night and rather dark. Tipped him HKG$20 because he was so nice and chatty, a mix of his broken English and my broken Cantonese.
The room had 2 single beds, clean but rather dark. Showered, watched Star World on telly then planned my excursions for the next day.
Read more:
Day 1 : To Hong Kong
Day 2.1 : In Search of Tin Hau
Day 2.2 : The Octopus Strikes Back
Day 2.3 : Flower Crazy
Day 2.4 : Central; A Different World
Day 2.5 : Night Time, Light Time
Day 3.1 : The Buddha Beckons
Day 3.2 : To The Peak and Back
Day 3.3 : This Girl Needs a Beer
Day 4 : Leaving Hong Kong
Some thoughts on Hong Kong
remember it cost quite alot to go online 😛 more like HKD$18 or so. but then hey 🙂 u r suppose to enjoying yaself with all the food n shopping! not staring at the monitor
hehe i’m back, just backtracking 🙂