Gill, 13 augustus 2010
Hong Kong , Hong Kong 35°

Halfway….home...?

Packing..? No! I don’t wanna pack!
After a week of saying goodbye, dinners, lunches, breakfasts, afternoon-teas, four-o-clock-snacks, between-lunch-and-four-o-clock-snacks-snack and ice-cream-dates, I really had to do it: Packing... – A lot of packing ... –

‘where are you going, young man?’, the man from the baggage drop off asked me, and with looking at my heavy case (+7kg...) he grabbed one of his orange cards, wrote something down, and attached it to it.
‘Back to Holland, but first, I’ll stay a few days in Hong Kong...’ and in my mind I was hoping: ‘don’t tell me that my baggage is too heavy! Don’t tell me that I have to pay extra! Don’t do that!’
-Luckily he didn’t..

Eventually in the airplane, with too much carry-on luggage as well, I was lucky (at that moment I was thinking: ‘hmm, Friday the 13th.. not that bad..!’). I had two seats for myself, so plenty of personal space and with that, a bit easier to fall asleep ( #*&$! Because of falling a sleep, I missed my breakfast! Stupid Friday the 13th!).

The rest of the flight was not very special, and after some chocolate biscuits and a (relative) good lunch, I landed in Hong Kong, realizing that I was almost halfway...Almost home... After two stamps from the customs officer I was welcome, and after picking up my luggage I saw the orange note, the man from the baggage drop off in Sydney attached to my suitcase: “HEAVY, assisted lift may be required. Bend your knees..”

And now I’m in Hong Kong for a few days. My first impressions are that it’s chaotic, crowded, and that there are VERY....MUCH.... Chinese people.. furthermore, it’s very cheap. After I arrived in the hotel, I realized that my adapter from my laptop broke during the flight. Within 5 minutes ‘searching’ for a new adapter, I already found one for less than 15 euro... for the rest, food is very cheap (often less than 4 euro’s/meal), and apparently, you cannot leave Hong Kong without buying lots of stuff... I don’t know HOW I’m gonna bring all my baggage back home but...

...Well...Still working on it...

Gill

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