Thursday
5th November
Hong
Kong
Check
out from the Banyon Tree was smooth and elegant; especially the limo
service waiting for us at the entrance door to take us back to the
airport. Goodbye beautiful Thailand. We'll be back.
The
new Hong Kong airport is about 25 mins by high speed train from
Kowloon. A speedy and smart way to arrive into this exciting city.
We're staying in the new and funky W Hotel. It's on the harbour but
not right in the centre. The best thing is that the hotel is above
the station to the airport. Makes life very easy.
When
we arrived at about 4:00pm the room was not ready so they offered to
upgrade us if we'd be happy to wait for an hour hmmm ... what to do?
They arranged for the airport shuttle (a five seater Audi) to drop us
at the Star ferry terminal and we booked ourselves for the 5:00pm one
hour tour of Hong Kong harbour. As the sun set we were entertained
by the light show that happens ever day as the neon and LED screens
came to life all around us. We arrived back to the hotel and found
our room on the 32nd floor overlooking the western
harbour. The room is big and cutting edge. Lots of toys to play with
and we love the automatic curtains. After settling in we took the
lift to the 73rd floor to view the pool and spa – more
of that tomorrow morning. The bed is truly amazing....funny, the best
of the overseas bed till last it would seem.
