Hong Kong Vacation Day 1

It was rather a cloudy day :), and yet hauling my luggages we went into the airport. As I stepped my foot in the airport .. my vacation started, a five day vacation :). Before going into the airport, some precautionary measures are to be done and these are scanning of luggages (including cellphones, probably because of the cellphone guns :) ), and passing through the metal detector (I set off a few beeps in the metal detector machine :P, removed almost every thing from my pockets... even my belt.. i was gettin a bit worried i'd have to remove my pants :P jokes)

AIRPORT
The first thing people do inside the airport is to check in the luggages, each luggage is measured to make sure you don't exceed the weight limit (we don't want the plane fallin now cause were a little overweight do we :P jks). This is also the time you get to choose your seat inside the plane (actually it's only a "do you prefer a window seat sir / madam ? =) )

After checking in luggages, you pay for the tax fee... yes you have to pay tax before you fly :). Then we go to the boarding gates awaiting boarding of the plane :) (you could go for some duty free shopping if you want to =))

PLANE
Our plane was i think a big one... despite the few passengers :). The whole plane was mostly deserted ... the whole middle aisle didn't have any people in them, even the window seats were not full... i think :P. As the plane began its flight to the sky (this is the part of the flight I hate most... takeoff... dunno why though :P) you get to see the ground in a bird's eye view... the mountains, the seas and the beautiful nature God has created... :)

So what do we do inside the plane? You may read the newspaper, flight attendants distribute newspapers once the plane has fairly stabilized (seatbelt sign is off :P), you may enjoy the inflight entertainment (some songs and tv shows), or you do what I do sleep or read a book :P. In a short while food will be served (yummy :P) You usually (actually always) have two choices, I chose the spareribs this time... DELICIOUS !!! I devoured it in a few minutes (My Aunt was only halfway though the main course... my plate was clean.. from appetizers to dessert :P)

It was a short flight... one and a half hour long and a few minutes after eating the plane began its descent to HK international airport. (Nice landing by the way... i almost didn't notice the plane has already landed :P.. we were even 10 minutes ahead of scheduled arrival time ...nice ! )

HK AIRPORT
All I can say is the airport in HK is gorgeous... compared to the Philippine airport this one is a giant. The airport is neat, well organized and there were candies in the immigration :P also shops like the disney store, aji ichiban is present.. (start shopping eh?) There are a few ways to get to the city from the airport (almost forgot ... HK airport is a bit far from the city) and they are:
1. Train
2. Bus (Hotel link)
3. I only know two :P

We took on the Hotel link.. the bus. As soon as I stepped out of the airport I realized.. "It was hot"... even hotter than the weather in the philippines. The bus ride was a 2 hour trip.. i slept most of the the time however i noticed a few things... HK drivers follow the road accordingly.. even if the road is full of traffic while the other road (which leads to another place was free, people don't switch lanes and try to get aheadof someone. (nice) However, the bus we rode on has a sign which states that the maximum speed for coach buses was only 70 kph... am not quite sure if our bus was overspeeding... it was always on the borderline whenever i made a quick glance to the speedometer... :P although i really felt it went faster sometimes... i felt.. :P

Hong Kong
And we got to our hotel, not much has changed since i last visited the place :) It's still the same way it has been ... except the 7/11 around the corner is missing that's a real waste.... I always thought that store was real convenient. We went on to shop for some basic needs like food, beverages.... and of course we started our shopping :).... well that probably sums up my first day in vacation !