I'm home. The flight was much shorter coming back than leaving, perhaps because we got a head-wind and arrived home early. It wasn't a full flight but the bad thing was there was no vent to direct at your face and you could feel the dry air going around. Thankfully the flight attendants kept going around handing out water and apple juice. Immigration and customs were short work...it was waiting for your luggage at the Baggage Claim that took a long time. I though...

Today I leave Hong Kong and go home. Due to crossing the international dateline I leave here Nov 22 at 2pm and get home on the same day a few hours earlier at 10am. Its like going back in time! Though I may not have gotten to see all that I wanted to see in Hong Kong, there was enough to give me a taste of the city. It is vibrant, growing, fast paced and moving upward. I definitely want to come back here again and visit. Mizpah and Jen left already and we have ...

Today was our last day here in Hong Kong. Fortunately I was feeling much better and could venture out in the world again. We took advantage of Free Museum entry Wednesday's and went to the Hong Kong Art museum in the morning. Saw plenty of old art like vases, and how to tell which are from what dynasty and who the artist was. Bing wasn't feeling too well so afterwards she went back to the hotel with Mizpah. I had the concierge book a pedicure and manicure at ...

I am feeling ill today. All that dust and smog that my respiratory system took in for the past two weeks finally caught up with me. My throat was sore, my nose was running and I had a cough with an occasional headache tossed in. So after going downstairs for breakfast, I wandered around the hotel for a little bit allowing them time to clean up the room. Then I pretty much spent the rest of the day napping and watching the world go by from my window. This gave my ...

Today we went to the Po Lin Monastery where the Giant Buddha on top of the hill is located. On a clear day you could see this giant statue from the airport. However today like most of the days we've had here on Hong Kong so far, it has been smoggy. Per the concierge it takes us two hours to get to the statues and includes taking the metro and a bus. So we had an early breakfast and were out the door by 7am. We just walked to the MTR (their version of the metro he...