Blogs from Hong Kong, Asia - page 26

Seven years in Hong Kong, and you think you’ve done most things there are to do. Thankfully I still manage to surprise myself and discover more. Monday, that tricky day of the week when there’s a lot to do and it’s back to work after the weekend. Monday night is often one of those go to the gym, healthy dinner, early night kind of days. This particular Monday I was offered the chance to do something quite different. I left my desk at 6pm, raced home to change, and by 7pm I was in a taxi to the start of “The Twins” hike. Five of us began hiking in the dusk, heading up over the first hill towards the beach town called Stanley. It was quite a surreal turnaround. “The twins” are a popular hiking route ... read more

Hey Everyone! I made it to what I will now call Beautiful Hong Kong. The pictures below sort of show what my flight was like and I must tell you, it did NOT feel like 16 hours. I have had 2 hour flights that were more painful. I normally don't board very soon, but today (well, yesterday technically) I boarded as soon as we were allowed. I had seat 11A which was the first row of business class. It was a "pod" seat meaning that I had my own little area to hang out in. We left about 23 minutes late as customs was doing some spot checks on about 15 pax and that delayed us a little bit. Before takeoff one of five identical flight attendants came by with a bar cart asking if I ... read more

Saturday 12 July, Shabbat. We woke up very early. If we had been at home Don would have gone to the early service, but when in Rome... At 9.30 am we went out into the searing humidity to go to shul. There I was able to have my early morning coffee and felt a bit more human. The shul is situated in one of the posh looking blocks of apartments. But to get to it on Shabbat one has to climb the stone service stairs. The first three flights lead to the car park which will give you the feel of the place. The next floor up is where the shul is located. As is usual with the Chabad it was a very welcoming and spiritual experience. After the service and before kiddush the Rebetzen went ... read more

Technically our journey started on 10 July but not until late evening. We were concerned that flights would be grounded due to the increased rocket activity over Tel Aviv. At 4.15 pm Lesley took a call from El Al to advise us that our plane would be delayed for one hour. At 7 pm we packed the car only to find that Lesley had packed her flight stockings somewhere inside one of the cases. An exasperated husband soon found them and we set off for Ben Gurion airport. Thankfully we made it without any hiccoughs. The airport was not as crowded as we have seen on previous occasions and we got through security easily - all things considered. We have got biometric passports which we thought would save us a lot of time. Wrong! Biometric passports ... read more

We are staying in Hong Kong for 2 days. It took 9 hours on the plane to get here. Tomorrow we will fly for 13 hours to get to Rome so it is good to stopover in Hong Kong for a couple of days. Today we went swimming in the hotel pool and tonight we met my aunty who I call Yi Po Sue Sue, and my cousins and we had dinner at the Hong Kong Football Club.... read more