We had managed to get our medical and passport in one mad day and so now we were all clear to fly to hongkong the next day.
Another early start and i drove the 2 hours drive to the airport in wenzhou, from there we got through security only to learn our plane was delayed for an extra hour, damn! Chris nearly got stopped by security as his name was spelt wrong on his ticket, and because his name was too damn long they cut the last few characters of his middle name off, this was a problem and he nearly lost his place on the flight!
We boarded and i was sat next to a crazy german head product buyer for siemens, he had had an amazing life, alternating quarters in germany and china, speaking fluent chinese and now going to hongkong to meet his family for a week, and returing in december to travel the world! Amazing, and with a very loud laugh and a love of dodging his wife and going travelling.
We landed in shenzhen, the city nearest hongkong without paying the expensive direct flight, and then had to find a way across the border!
After collecting our bags we went to the arrivals lounge and found a coach willing to take us right to wan chai where we had a hotel booked for 13gbp, not bad! We also converted some money at a crazy expensive rate, stupid hongkong dollar!
We found the bus and it took us to the border without any problem, and then we entered the almost empty chinese border crossing, we left china and went to enter hongkong, alas i am now old it seems as my passport from a few years ago caused much discussion, i was asked a difficult question (what is my name) and then they asked for some other id to prove who i was, luckily i had a few driving licenses and they eventually accepted me!
We went through to the other side, picked up a bus that had driven around and carried on right down to hongkong island, dropped off a few hundred meters walk from our hotel. A very painless trip and much nicer and easier than our last agency organised!
We found our hotel, pricey for china but the cheapest for hongkong, (40gbp a night ish) and it was lovely! A small room but very clean, great service, comfy beds, and the same price as the crazy place we stayed last time!
After checking in we went for a wander and found the only problem, our phones were useless here! Damnit! No chinese providers work in hongkong, i could buy a simcard for 6gbp but for 3 days and with very limited funds that was out of the question.
We found some indonesian food and wandered around ending down by the harbour and watching the boats at night before an earlyish bed, first thing tomorrow off to the visa agency place, i hope it goes ok!
Another early start and i drove the 2 hours drive to the airport in wenzhou, from there we got through security only to learn our plane was delayed for an extra hour, damn! Chris nearly got stopped by security as his name was spelt wrong on his ticket, and because his name was too damn long they cut the last few characters of his middle name off, this was a problem and he nearly lost his place on the flight!
We boarded and i was sat next to a crazy german head product buyer for siemens, he had had an amazing life, alternating quarters in germany and china, speaking fluent chinese and now going to hongkong to meet his family for a week, and returing in december to travel the world! Amazing, and with a very loud laugh and a love of dodging his wife and going travelling.
We landed in shenzhen, the city nearest hongkong without paying the expensive direct flight, and then had to find a way across the border!
After collecting our bags we went to the arrivals lounge and found a coach willing to take us right to wan chai where we had a hotel booked for 13gbp, not bad! We also converted some money at a crazy expensive rate, stupid hongkong dollar!
We found the bus and it took us to the border without any problem, and then we entered the almost empty chinese border crossing, we left china and went to enter hongkong, alas i am now old it seems as my passport from a few years ago caused much discussion, i was asked a difficult question (what is my name) and then they asked for some other id to prove who i was, luckily i had a few driving licenses and they eventually accepted me!
We went through to the other side, picked up a bus that had driven around and carried on right down to hongkong island, dropped off a few hundred meters walk from our hotel. A very painless trip and much nicer and easier than our last agency organised!
We found our hotel, pricey for china but the cheapest for hongkong, (40gbp a night ish) and it was lovely! A small room but very clean, great service, comfy beds, and the same price as the crazy place we stayed last time!
After checking in we went for a wander and found the only problem, our phones were useless here! Damnit! No chinese providers work in hongkong, i could buy a simcard for 6gbp but for 3 days and with very limited funds that was out of the question.
We found some indonesian food and wandered around ending down by the harbour and watching the boats at night before an earlyish bed, first thing tomorrow off to the visa agency place, i hope it goes ok!
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