Our day in Hong Kong

Well we made it, we’re in Perth and there are palm trees! It was such a welcoming sign when we left the airport. Let’s start at the beginning, the flight was long. Our flight from Toronto to Anchorage was about 7 hours and fairly uneventful. The airplane food was mediocre to say the least but we were hungry so it was tolerable. Unfortunately the entertainment was pretty marginal too, there was a choice of about 50 channels but 30 of those channels were Chinese movies and the rest were crappy North American movies. If that wasn’t enough the seats were small and cramped, but when you’re spending a year traveling you find a way to cope. When we arrived in Anchorage we were disappointed that we couldn’t leave the plane but we didn’t have to go through U.S. customs so it was actually worth it. We stayed in Anchorage for about an hour while the crew changed and the washrooms were cleaned. When we left Toronto it was dark, when we arrived in Anchorage it was dark and as we flew to Hong Kong it was still dark. It felt like the longest night of our lives, not just because we were excited that we had finally commenced our ozzie adventure but because it was so dark. The flight to Hong Kong was okay, it was really long but pretty cool when we flew over Japan. The illuminated cities were beautiful at 40 000 ft. We were able to sleep maybe 6 hours total during the flight and were anxiously waiting to arrive in Hong Kong. When we arrived, we were really looking forward to getting off the plane and getting some real food. Before we could eat we had a few things to do first. We realized we didn’t have any Hong Kong dollars so we quickly found a place to exchange our Canadian money without any fee or surcharge. $20 CAD turned into $137 HKD and now had enough money to get some eats. We managed to find the food court and were unsure as to what kind of food we were going to eat for breakfast as there were primarily Chinese fast food restaurants. Fortunately we saw the familiar red and yellow sign that we all know so well as Burger King. We were so excited to eat familiar food, well kind of familiar. We don’t remember the last time we actually ate at Burger King but we didn’t care at the time. All we wanted was some cheap, fast and familiar breakfast. Well $67 HKD later and we had our food, and it tasted so good. We spent the rest of the day in the Hong Kong airport, relaxing, exploring and eating. Our flight was at 3:00 PM and the flight went great. I slept for 6 of the 7 hour flight so as I opened my eyes I was pleasantly surprised that we were already landing in Perth. After we got off the plane we had to go through immigration and then security. The Australian officials checked our passports and asked us if we had anything to declare and then soon after we were free, free to explore the land down under.