Dorsett Seaview Hong Kong

Well I finally made it! I am an official international traveler. I made it into Vancouver Airport at 8 pm and was ready for a 4 hour wait, when I saw that my flight was delayed 2.5 hours. As most of you know I go to bed early so waiting for a 2:30 AM flight was a challenge. I slept in the airport chairs in positions that I don't care to discuss. Once on the plane I was happy to see that my seat mate was a petite Thai lady who was already asleep by the time I sat down. I popped an oral sedativ...

I survived my first night without freezing! Sooo glad there was a thick wool blanket in the closet. I had cranked the heat but I'm sure the thermostat on the wall is only for decoration. I had washed a few articles of clothing, including my long wool socks that I was sure could crawl on their own, but they hadn't even begun to dry yet. So you know me, I magivered the very large, ancient wall mounted blow drier provided to dry my socks. Thank heavens I awoke around 4 AM so that provided me wit...

I know I had said that I would be in touch once in Thailand but I had to share with you the most amazing experience that I had. Yesterday, after writing my blog, I decided to go for some dinner. I chose an authentic Chinese restaurant down the road. I sat at a table sipping tea waiting for the dish that I had ordered ( I couldn't recognize many of the menu items). A family of 4 sat at the table next to me and they stared a lot. They asked the server, in chinese, about me as I over heard him t...

Hi All, we're now at hong kong airport, waiting our flight to melbourne and the next leg of our trip. we have spent 2 nights here and are worn out. we arrived thurs afternoon after a long flight, which was made much more bearable after we were upgraded to club world by one of the pursers who remembered me from the old shuttle days.. yesterday we walked for miles, even chris, honestly. we travelled across to hong kong island on the star ferry and then walked for about 3 miles up a large hill t...

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Hot and humid are the words I would use to describe Hong Kong (HK), besides the usual "urban-jungle" synonyms that we all know: busy, smog, neon lights, gargantuan concrete and glass skyscrapers, densely populated, etc. I quickly noticed that two HKs exist: one is the intricate city that is trying to balance a culture between the old and new; the other is a city that thrives as multinational corporations pump billions of dollars into the economy in the name of international trade, commerce, a...

Hong Kong ist die perfekte Grossstadt....wir fuehlen uns richtig wohl hier! Die Stadt hat sehr viel zu bieten, ist aber trotzdem ueberschaubar und kann zu Fuss entdeckt werden. Es gibt ueberall Fussgaengerbruecken und die meiste Zeit kann man von Hochhaus zu Hochhaus im klimatisierten Crossway quer durch die Stadt schlendern. So muss man kaum eine Strasse zu Fuss ueberqueren und falls doch, gibt es Lichtsignale, an die sich alle halten :-) Natuerlich gibt es auch wieder alle moeglichen Restis...