And We're Off

We've been planning our trip to Hong Kong for most of the summer. It's finally time to go. The boys packed up their suitcases and are excited for an adventure.

The beginning of the flight, also know as the calm before the storm.

We had packed some special surprises in their suitcases, after they had put in their few chosen items. They enjoyed opening up the prize bags and discovering new toys. And yet, when the on-board computer claimed "10 hours to Hong Kong arrival", Alex started in with "I want to be there already!" Fortunately, that was a short lived request. The airline supplied them with an activity pack that included stickers, colored pencils, coloring pages and a little lunch box-y box to hold it all. We had requested the kid's meal for them, and it came with lots of little snacky items like animal crackers, raisins, gummies, a candy and the ultimate, an ice cream bar. Of course neither ate the actual food, but we tried.
There was also a fun twisty straw with a fish decoration on it and the utensils had fish on them too.

Eventually, they fell asleep.

We passed through immigration with no trouble and the boys (Ok, the parents too) were excited to get their new passports stamped. They also really like the bathrooms at the airport as there was an extra large stall with both a full size toilet and a kid size toilet. And, also sinks at kid level. We're actually lucky we were able to get them out of the bathrooms! We gathered up the luggage and tried to figure out the best way to get to our first hotel.
We chose a taxi. As we were driving, I pointed out to Alex that we were driving on the opposite side of the road than at home. This prompted many observations from Alex, such as "this car sounds like your car" "this car is faster than your car".
We checked into our room and tried to get some sleep. It was soon obvious that the sleep ferry had sailed, so we decided to go for a walk around the grounds. Even at 3:30 am, it was hot out. The boys both complained about being too hot and wet. Hmmm, should be interesting in a few hours.



View from our balcony of the Disneyland Ferry terminal and the maze.
Resting on the seawall, along the South China Sea, looking back at the ferry terminal and lighthouse.
The hotel at night.