A seven night holiday to Hong Kong, flying from Manchester via Dubai.
We took the train from our home station to Manchester Airport and checked in for our flight to Hong Kong via Dubai. After cappuccinos in the Giraffe Cafe, it was soon time to board the huge A380 airliner. It was our first time on one of these ‘super jumbos’ and we found it to be spacious and very comfortable inside the cabin. Our seats were located in the front section of the plane, as business and first class were on the upper level.
Service on Emirates was good and the In Flight Entertainment (IFE) had a huge variety of options to keep travellers from becoming bored. On glancing through the box set collection, I noticed Series 1 of Broadchurch, and as I hadn’t seen this previously, decided to take a look.
We landed in Dubai around midnight local time and had ample time to take a walk around the terminal building and enjoy a coffee before our connecting flight to Hong Kong which was also on an A380 airliner. Our seats were in a similar position to the previous flight and cabin service was attentive with food plentiful and of a reasonably good quality.
I continued watching the Broadchurch box set until it was time to sleep for a few hours then we had a light meal before arriving into Hong Kong’s Chek Lap Kok airport at 2.15 pm local time. It was my third visit to Hong Kong but my first for 15 years so I was very much looking forward to my week long visit.
We were soon out in the Arrivals Hall and onto Airport Bus A11 to North Point. The fare was HK$40 each, the journey slow due to traffic congestion around Causeway Bay, but eventually we arrived at the Ibis Hotel North Point, our home for the next seven nights. We had arranged a harbour view room, and the views from our window on the 23rd floor were breathtaking. Our room was compact yet modern and well equipped with a good use of space.
We unpacked and then were ready to start exploring.
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I’ve always wanted to go to HK but for some reason, I’ve ended up being a westward traveler from Manchester for the most part .. maybe one day .
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Thank you for your much appreciated thoughts on this post. Do try and visit Hong Kong sometime, it’s so very interesting!
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Thank you for great blog posts about Hong Kong♡
I want to go the country, but I haven’t.
I cant help looking forward to go to the place 🙂
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I’m so pleased you enjoyed reading my Hong Kong posts – it’s one of my favourite destinations! Thank you for your welcome comments.
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Great stuff. My China trip also ended in Hongkong – loved that place.
But will take some time until I can write about it.
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Thank you for your encouraging comments, we haven’t visited mainland China yet but hope to do sometime soon! Hong Kong is amazing, I’ve visited three times now.
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If you don’t “dare” visiting the mainland yet, you may wanna try Taiwan. Great country, very underrated, safe and very good infrastructure to travel.
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Yes, I’d love to visit Taiwan, I’ll look into it!
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Don’t hesitate to ask me for advice. I’m totally in love with that country.
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Thank you
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I’ve only read your day one post, and unfortunately I have to cut my blog reading time off for the day, but I plan to come back and read more!
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Thank you for visiting, and pleased you are enjoying my blog!
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