Welcome to Hong Kong!

We made it to Hong Kong!  It was very difficult leaving Bella this morning.  Neither Jen nor myself slept very well the previous morning.  But we made it out of the house, and all the way to Hong Kong.

At the airport in Orlando

The first leg to Detroit was uneventful.  Nothing much to speak of there.  We were a little worried about the next leg, however: the trip to Hong Kong.  15 hours in the air.  Thank goodness, though, for the business class upgrade, courtesy of Delta Skymiles.  The seats were actually "pods", that fully recline into a bed.  Very cool.

Jen and I were kind of at an angle to each other, which was a little strange.  We had a look around our "pods".  There's a little gift bag with some socks, chap stick, and a few other goodies.  Ah, yes, and slippers.  Now that's traveling!

I felt like a little kid.  There's a TV screen that swivels out.  Jen played video games.  I kicked back and watched almost 3 full movies.  There's a full service menu, complete with hot fudge sundaes, just like the Seinfeld episode, and Jen and I both had a couple of much needed drinks.

The plane took us north from Detroit, passing over Canada, and whatever cold place is above that, then down through Russia, and then China.  We both finally did fall asleep on the plane, and felt somewhat refreshed when we landed in Hong Kong.

The airport in Hong Kong wasn't too difficult to navigate, and we made our way through customs, and eventually to the shuttle to our hotel.  We talked with a young Chinese man who was headed to the U.S. tomorrow to go to college.  He gave us his email address when we arrived at the hotel, and said that he would answer any questions about China that we might have.  Very nice.  The hotel itself is very nice.  Here's a pic of our room.  we couldn't figure out to turn on the lights.  We finally figured out that you have to stick your key in a slot in the wall, and leave it there.

      

We grabbed a little bite in the hotel bar, and now it's off to bed.  On to Wuhan in the morning.  We'll post again tomorrow.  Good night from Hong Kong.