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After the 11 hr flight, we were relieved to stretch our legs in Hong Kong! We had a short stop over, but even at the airport the scenery was breathtaking,
We left HK knowing we'd be back in 3 weeks, how wrong were we....
2 hrs into the flight, we'd just enjoyed a sub standard meal, when the captain said 'Ladies and gentlemen, I've got some bad news...'
Bad news and 34,000 feet don't usually work out well, but fortunately he'd only gone and left the weather radar at home or some possible fault with it, we weren't paying particular attention, as all we heard was 'We'll be returning to Hong Kong'.
So after several hours of airport negotiating, we'd managed, somehow to get on a direct flight to Brisbane. Because of the return to Honkers, we'd also missed our connecting flight. We therefore ended up with a few hrs sleep in probably the 'mange tout' of hotels. Probably decreasing the effects of jet leg, so it worked out pretty well. Leaving HK the following morning at 11:00.
So after never being in Hong Kong before, we've now been there twice in one day.
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