I arrived in Hong Kong at around 7am on Monday morning. I had a 10-hour stopover before my next flight later that day at 5pm. I had a decision to make, one I had been pondering the whole flight, do I or do I not go into Hong Kong.
I chose to go into Hong Kong at the last minute, obviously. I wanted to see what it was like, and this being the furthest from the UK I had ever been (so far), it’s an experience I didn’t want to pass up. I didn’t plan on what I would do there or look at any maps prior, I went through customs and continued to the exit, bought some $HKD and a train ticket and left the airport.
The train took around 25 minutes, I arrived in Hong Kong, It was warm, and I mean very warm. It was 32 degrees and very humid, not the kind of weather an English man expects. I had no clue where to go. Expecting coldish weather on my arrival to Auckland I hadn’t any summery clothes, so black Jeans it was!
So… back to Hong Kong, I began to walk around Hong Kong, my clothes already beginning to stick to me. I was walking in some sort of direction, no clue where I was going, no access to the Internet at this point so that was no help from Google maps. I had a look around the piers and some shops until I found a nice air-conditioned mall, no shops inside were open due to it being so early in the morning I presume, but it was cool and I was able to relax. After 2-3 hours of exploring and sightseeing the heat had totally overwhelmed me so I decided to return to the airport.
On my arrival at the airport I booked a shower and relaxed until my final flight to Auckland.
I obviously didn’t see all of Hong Kong as I wasn’t prepared for the heat and didn’t have heaps of time to do anything or go further inland but I would like to go back if my travels take me back through there and perhaps stay a few days.
Anyone who does have a stopover in Hong Kong, Disneyland is not far from the airport, I really missed out there!
“You can leave Hong Kong, but it will never leave you.”
Nury Vittachi, Hong Kong: The City of Dreams
Joe Bloggs 
