Hong Kong journal 🇭🇰 Day 1

We got up at 3 to be at the airport by 4 for our flight at 6. Nothing was open at all until 5. Queued for ages at deserted bag drop, no cafes etc. "Be there two hours ahead for an international flight" has its limitations as advice.

Transfer in Sydney seemed smooth. Our flight to HK was 9 hours with no WiFi and the window shades down the whole way in daytime. Weird. A little turbulence over Indonesia. 

We landed and contacted Marcus, then went to baggage pick up. Elf's bag was missing, still in Sydney and due the next day. Upsetting but we moved on through customs to our joyful reunion with Marcus. He bought us all Octopus cards (public transport). Onto the train to the city

…then taxi to Wellington St in Central, to our Airbnb. It's incredibly basic, even more so than expected. 

We dumped bags then walked one block up the hill to see Marcus's apartment. We gave him the gifts we brought and hung out there yapping until 11ish then home. 

Our apartment has no stove, only a drip filter coffee / toaster oven combo unit.

Kitchen facilities

There's a shower head + hose on the wall in the toilet. Floor is tiled but there's no drain, just a hole chipped in the wall, and floor doesn't slope towards it. Dire.

You just sort of kick the water out that hole?

Just outside our building. This sign reminded me of our cat Coco every time I saw it.