Day 1

I (Simon) am all relaxed now, after my complete disaster two days ago, no way to charm my way out of this one. I went to book in to our flight, only to discover on our Perth – Hong Kong flights our middle names were missing off the tickets, so after some frantic phone calls, cancelling the flights, then rebooking them with our full names, no idea how it happened, never made the error before, we were back where we started.

So all bags packed, docs all printed out, now sleep and wait for the start.

So got up at 3.30am to get to Perth Airport for our Cathay Pacific flight to Hong Kong. As soon as we were awake we had text message to tell us it was running an hour late. Back to sleep for another hour.

Got to airport, much better flying Premium Economy, we had own check in counter, very pleasant Cathay Pacific staff, sorry, but so much better than our normal Qantas experience. As usual my photo did not work as we went through customs, so had to do it the old fashioned way, I suggested maybe I should of smiled more.

So now sitting in the departure lounge, beautiful day, clear skies, watch planes take off and land. Sue is well organised but I think we might both end up sleeping once we are on our plane.

The flight was excellent, premium economy is like the old business class seats, very comfortable, breakfast was good, lunch was not as good, but ok. At least we had real cutlery👍

Arrived in Hong Kong with no issues, we are booked in to the T Hotel, a student training Hotel. They sent us a map and how to get there. So we caught the A10 City Flyer bus, it has luggage racks for your cases, 26 stops later (75 minutes), we were at the hotel.

Room is excellent, with ocean views. Bed is firm, but comfortable.

We had dinner in the hotel restaurant overlooking the ocean.