Hi:
This is just a quick check in to let everyone know that Hong Kong is an incredible city there is so much to do and see that it becomes information overload. The other day I wrote up a posting it was long and in detail, and really,really good, of how the trip was coming over, what the city was like, etc. etc. I went to post it and ran out of time with the Internet that I was using, and it just went to the big trash bin in never, never land, so............. I was frustrated to say the least. so I'll try again when I arrive in Thailand. I'm having a great time,but there is not enough of it. Leave for Thailand tomorrow and can't get Air Canada to let me web check-in, because it's not on an air Canada flight but it's an Air Canada Ticket. Fun and Games.
TD
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Alive and Well in Hong Kong
As you can see by the title I made it OK to Hong Kong. I tayed over night in Vancouver so that I wouldn't miss my flight from Comox to Vancouver. I'm glad I did, when I woke up on Tues. morning I looked outside and low and behold the was 6" of snow on the ground. I don't what waas happening in Comox, but in Vancouver snow is never a good thing. The traffic was backed up everywhere. I stayed by the airport, getting there was not to bad, just added and extra 20 mins. to the short trip.
By the way , I took pictures of everything, trust me, but now I can't get the camera to download them on to my laptop. It's been so long since I last downloaded any pictures I can't remember what the proceedure is, I thought that all I had to do was plug the camera into the the laptop and it downloaded them in to a file that you created. Obviously there's more to it than that but that's why I have my blog titled as it is, I'll keep foolong with it until it's working or so screwed up that Andrew will have to fly over to Thailand to fix it. I'm only here for 6 days and with the time change and date change I have no idea how much moe time I've got here.
The flight over was long, 14.5 hours, I'm glad we had enough gas, but the time on the plane went by quite smoothly. I did a lot of planning and figuring how to spend this time on the plane so that I would minimize my Jet Lag. Believe it on not I actually got it right. The plane left at 2:30PM, we were suppose to leave at 1:00PM bit we gat away late and he was a long lineup for plane di-icing. Anyways by my calculation we would be landing at 5:00AM Weds morning but with the time change and crossing the international dateline I had no idea what time we were actually going to land nor did I know the day, it could have been Tues., Weds., or the was even an off chance we would be landing on Thurs. We actually touched down at 8:00PM, but I digress from my planning. I worked it out so that I slept for about 1 1/2 of hours in the first bit of the trip, then I made a point of staying aware for the rest of the trip. It was actually quite nice the was lots to read, watched a couple of movies, and they fed us almost non stop. They woke me up to eat on the first part or I would have slept more. I was beat when we got to Hong Kong, but by the time I checked in it was 10:30. I hit the sack shortly after that and woke up at 9:00AM this morning and I felt great.
If there was anyone who started reading this blog, this posting should about kill any readership I had.
By the way , I took pictures of everything, trust me, but now I can't get the camera to download them on to my laptop. It's been so long since I last downloaded any pictures I can't remember what the proceedure is, I thought that all I had to do was plug the camera into the the laptop and it downloaded them in to a file that you created. Obviously there's more to it than that but that's why I have my blog titled as it is, I'll keep foolong with it until it's working or so screwed up that Andrew will have to fly over to Thailand to fix it. I'm only here for 6 days and with the time change and date change I have no idea how much moe time I've got here.
The flight over was long, 14.5 hours, I'm glad we had enough gas, but the time on the plane went by quite smoothly. I did a lot of planning and figuring how to spend this time on the plane so that I would minimize my Jet Lag. Believe it on not I actually got it right. The plane left at 2:30PM, we were suppose to leave at 1:00PM bit we gat away late and he was a long lineup for plane di-icing. Anyways by my calculation we would be landing at 5:00AM Weds morning but with the time change and crossing the international dateline I had no idea what time we were actually going to land nor did I know the day, it could have been Tues., Weds., or the was even an off chance we would be landing on Thurs. We actually touched down at 8:00PM, but I digress from my planning. I worked it out so that I slept for about 1 1/2 of hours in the first bit of the trip, then I made a point of staying aware for the rest of the trip. It was actually quite nice the was lots to read, watched a couple of movies, and they fed us almost non stop. They woke me up to eat on the first part or I would have slept more. I was beat when we got to Hong Kong, but by the time I checked in it was 10:30. I hit the sack shortly after that and woke up at 9:00AM this morning and I felt great.
If there was anyone who started reading this blog, this posting should about kill any readership I had.
Monday, January 26, 2009
South East Asia Trip
Well today finally arrived. The last few day really dragged. With the weather the way it's been and the golf course closed it's been a fight to keep myself occupied, but that's history now. With all the fog, I decided to leave a day early and spend the night in Vancouver. That way there is no chance the I'll miss the flight.
With the extra time that I've had over the last few days I've had a chance to read up on the area around Hong Kong and how it relates to mainland China. It's and interesting place to say the least, but one thing that I found out is that Macau is not to far from Hong Kong. They are both SAR areas, which means Special Adminsitrative Regions. Being a SAR is still being part of China but with different laws and tourist entrance requirement's. As a Canadian citizen I do not need a visa to visit Hong Kong and now I find out the same holds true for Macau. Macau being the Las Vegas of the orient. They just completed the largest casino/Hotel complex in the world. So I think, if I have time, I am going to spend a day there.
I think I should sign off now, just babbling, this being my first attempt a being a Blogger. So please be patient I hope to get better......
Talk to you soon
TD
With the extra time that I've had over the last few days I've had a chance to read up on the area around Hong Kong and how it relates to mainland China. It's and interesting place to say the least, but one thing that I found out is that Macau is not to far from Hong Kong. They are both SAR areas, which means Special Adminsitrative Regions. Being a SAR is still being part of China but with different laws and tourist entrance requirement's. As a Canadian citizen I do not need a visa to visit Hong Kong and now I find out the same holds true for Macau. Macau being the Las Vegas of the orient. They just completed the largest casino/Hotel complex in the world. So I think, if I have time, I am going to spend a day there.
I think I should sign off now, just babbling, this being my first attempt a being a Blogger. So please be patient I hope to get better......
Talk to you soon
TD
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