We Are In Hong Kong

Our day started early in Kunming, China. The hotel restaurant opened special for us at 6 am I am told. After a nice breakfast buffet, we gathered to board the bus for the airport at 6:45 am. The travel agency was able to check our bags as a group so the warnings of yesterday about overweight were non issues.

The flight was pleasant but cramped. Even though we were only in the air for an hour and 40 minutes,they served us a meal. I have been happy with the meals we have been served on each flight,though some are better than others. Today we had some very good smoked turkey, fresh melon, mushrooms, rice and some very tasty rolls.

Hong Kong is beautiful! There are enormous high rise buildings and the sea with the boats is breathtaking. Hong Kong is also very crowded.There are people everywhere. The buses are mainly double decker.

We had the day on our own. Some people went to the pier but we did not go at that time. Our little group of 6 including Grady, Paul Blair, Judy, Vera, John and I went to McDonald's and ate. The guys had big meals and the girls had Happy Meals which have smaller portions. It was good to have American fast food. McDonald's has something called McCafe which is like a Starbucks. We enjoyed espresso and cappuccino and fancy dessert.

We went back to our rooms for a short time then walked together about a mile and a half to see the light show down at the pier. The light show was pretty and consisted of lights on the buildings moving to the music with a few laser lights in the background.

On the way back we did some shopping. Hong Kong is beautiful but very warm and humid.The air conditioning in our room works very well which is wonderful.