01.03 Leg One: Complete
Its 4.00 in the morning in HK. We're a little jet lagged as we probably slept too well on the plane! Cheers for the pillows Matt! I think they made quite a bit of difference. Not sure what to do with ourselves so we thought that we'd write our first travelling blog!
Karl & Helen picked us up at our allotted time from No. 5, as the duck & the china man sang their farewells to us! Did you see us on Wednesday as we were leaving Simon?!
Arrived at Heathrow and tried to check in but found we were over our baggage allowance by 11kg (don't they know who we are?). This wasn't helped by the fact we were to be charged £40/kg!! It was suggested by Gok Wan (his real name was Dominic) that he would charge us for half of it. Then it was time for the 'easyjet tears', (which kind of helped) so it was suggested to try and get the total down to 56kg. How did you get away with it girls?!!
A little moving of baggage & removal of our books (5kg just for these!) we managed to just get within Gok Wan's 56kg total. Also found out that out seats hadn't been booked & everyone else had checked in! The desk was supposed to open ten minutes after we arrived there! We have never had any trouble like this before and it wasn't a great experience.
Said a very fond farewell to my M&D, Karl & Helen and headed air-side! Thank you all for everything. Hope everyone got back okay.
Arrived in Hong Kong at 18.00 after our 12 hour flight - when we return it will be premium economy for us! A little tired & weary, but made our way to our hotel, using the train & a taxi, which is just round the corner from Times Square. The city is amazing. Its very clean. The people seem to be very friendly & helpful. I think its in the detail - we went to a supermarket last night & they pack your bag and taped up the top, either so stuff doesn't fall out or it gives the pick pockets more of a challenge!? You don't feel intimidated when you walk around. It looks like the Matrix & so very similar to the Channel4 ad! We've been looking for the '4' but haven't found it yet!! We'll keep you posted...
Still another 2.5 hours to breakfast. Someone says she is starving!! I expect we'll do a little exploring today - there are plenty of trams & ferries to ride. Can't wait to tuck into some of the local cuisine - it smelt wonderful as we looked around last night!!
Will post soon.
Lots of Love,
Nathan & Joanna
Karl & Helen picked us up at our allotted time from No. 5, as the duck & the china man sang their farewells to us! Did you see us on Wednesday as we were leaving Simon?!
Arrived at Heathrow and tried to check in but found we were over our baggage allowance by 11kg (don't they know who we are?). This wasn't helped by the fact we were to be charged £40/kg!! It was suggested by Gok Wan (his real name was Dominic) that he would charge us for half of it. Then it was time for the 'easyjet tears', (which kind of helped) so it was suggested to try and get the total down to 56kg. How did you get away with it girls?!!
A little moving of baggage & removal of our books (5kg just for these!) we managed to just get within Gok Wan's 56kg total. Also found out that out seats hadn't been booked & everyone else had checked in! The desk was supposed to open ten minutes after we arrived there! We have never had any trouble like this before and it wasn't a great experience.
Said a very fond farewell to my M&D, Karl & Helen and headed air-side! Thank you all for everything. Hope everyone got back okay.
Arrived in Hong Kong at 18.00 after our 12 hour flight - when we return it will be premium economy for us! A little tired & weary, but made our way to our hotel, using the train & a taxi, which is just round the corner from Times Square. The city is amazing. Its very clean. The people seem to be very friendly & helpful. I think its in the detail - we went to a supermarket last night & they pack your bag and taped up the top, either so stuff doesn't fall out or it gives the pick pockets more of a challenge!? You don't feel intimidated when you walk around. It looks like the Matrix & so very similar to the Channel4 ad! We've been looking for the '4' but haven't found it yet!! We'll keep you posted...
Still another 2.5 hours to breakfast. Someone says she is starving!! I expect we'll do a little exploring today - there are plenty of trams & ferries to ride. Can't wait to tuck into some of the local cuisine - it smelt wonderful as we looked around last night!!
Will post soon.
Lots of Love,
Nathan & Joanna
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posted by Nathan at
00:45
4 Comments:
I felt sad that you didn't have any comments on this one yet so thought I'd leave one.
I had a friend from Honkers once called Marsha Chong - Did you see her?
Miss you already
Ryan
Hey guys!!
How you doing? Yes I did see as you left No5!! Glad you had a nice time in Honkers and have made it safely to Oz. Also glad the weather is'nt that great cos its shit here too!!! You wouldn't believe how much has changed since you left....I've met and married a thai bride but Paul's got her pregnant and now we're having a custody battle over little Steve Chang Ping! I've since hired a hit man to wipe Paul out but so far no luck!! Still, life goes on(unless you're Paul!) I hope you manage to find somewhere to live soon. I'm sure the supermarkets will let you have some nice cardboard boxes to sleep in! Got to go now as the rozzers are at the door to question me about an attempt on the life of Mr P A Russell!! Have fun!!
Lots of love
Simon
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