Scenic gondola ride up (HK$94/US$12 one way), with a great view of the massive airport.
Now the sun is starting to come out briefly. Oh it’s gone again.
Category: Hong Kong
Dim sum!
Fought the urge to get up at 5:00 and managed to sleep until 9:00. Perfect.
Arrived for dim sum just as they opened at 11:00
Mmm yummy
Heading out to Lantau island to see the Big Buddha statue and a fishing village
2 flights and a few tasty biz meals
I did manage to sleep 3 and 1.5 hours on these 2 flights. I skipped the sandwich near the end of the first 7hr flight.
Salad with scallops
Shrimp and salad main dish (out of 4 options)
Oh yeah, the ice cream trolley!
Tasty curry sauce on chicken and rice
And surprisingly they had an amenity kit (without an amenity bag, which is a good thing) inc slippers, on the gum-hkg leg.
Hawaii 5-0 at work
Or just the car parked under a banyan tree.
They also have nice shaded be AC front public rest areas with benches and tables, lit up in the evening, and smoke free (as is the beach)
On my way back to airport now, flying to HKG via GUM
Got up at 3:30am this morning in HNL
Which is 21:30 in HKG, where I’m this afternoon.
Not sure if that will help or hurt the jet lag, and it won’t be a lie flat seat today on the plane
The hostel in Waikiki (one short block from the beach) has a cool waterproof bracelet room key.
Off for a swim before breakfast…
My “office” perch in TG (Thai Airways) lounge at HKG
Had dinner and a shower here after my half day in Hong Kong yesterday. This is the best of the 3 *A lounges at HKG – the SG (Singapore Airlines) lounge is nice but windowless and equivalent to their Gold lounge in SIN, ie not the full biz lounge I expected bad on the name
In HKG for 12 hours
Very hazy day, zero sun or views.
Didn’t sleep at all – watched a movie instead (The Dark Knight Rises) which was almost as long as the flight.
Put my bag in left luggage (HK$10/US$1.30 per hour, max HK$100 per 24 hours) since I can’t recheck it until 18:30 which is 4hrs before the flight.
I need some coffee and then dim sum.
The long road back
In the taxi to SIN airport. Before 5am.
For the first time this trip, I didn’t wake up before my alarm.
I’m long forward to sleeping on the lie-flat seat in biz on this first leg to HKG.
Arrived at hostel in Singapore
Yes it is 2am here. Next flight is in 13hrs to somewhere new!
It only took me 30min from plane arriving at gate to sitting in a taxi. Sweet!
You know that IKEA commercial where the woman yells “start the car”? This was me yelling “stop the car” a few times as he sailed by the address. Pretty funny actually.
And this Hostel is 10x better than the last one on the inside. Lockable room with only 4 beds and power ports and lockers at each bed, and an ensuite bathroom. And cleaner. For S$30/US$25. Breakie included too.
Enjoying the Thai biz lounge at SIN
Very tasty tom ka gai and self serve drinks in an airy setting. Oh, and massage chair technology has improved a lot (free)
