Had a good night of rest and maybe my best breakfast of this trip so far. The buffet breakfast at Aria in the Westin Chosun is wonderful. For me, soup dumplings and udon. See that thermos bottle? It contains scotch, which, for me is a required ingredient in the consumption of Shanghai Soup Dumplings. Second course of Udon and kim chi. Noticed that tree trunks are protected from the cold. How cold? Looks nice, and the temperature hovers around freezing, 32F. Lows at night will approach 20F. High winds are expected in a couple of days, lowering the wind chill to 0 F, or 32 degrees below freezing. Best to go out today and tomorrow. So off we went to walk around our hotel block, My Blue-bar Pigeon greeted us. Street wearables and food stalls, Note the next one sells clothes for dogs. Dog Face, not North Face. Lotte Hotel and Department Store. Hangungu Shrine. Note: Westin Chosun in background, Below, this same shr...
Started with breakfast at the Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong. The Ritz-Carlton cruise line arranged for a vehicle to take us to Hong Kong International Airport on the island of Chek Lap Kok. Remember their old Kai Tak Airport? I do. Memorable, because planes went right over building rooftops, coming as close as 100 feet. Air traffic would fly low over Kowloon City, making 47-degree right turn at under 1000 feet to line up with the runway. Passengers could see people showering. Watch this video of the world's scariest airport? Finally closed in 1998. In stark contrast is the new ( opened in 1998 ) Hong Kong International Airport. Confusing, but Kai Tak was also called Hong Kong International Airport. More accurately, this current one should be called Chek Lap Kok International Airport, but this is not used much, and the airport code is HKG, the same one used by Kai Tak. The story of the new Hong Kong International Airport is remarkable . Skytrax rates it at #6 airport in ...