Feb 27 and 28 – Goodbye Laos and Hello Hong Kong

After a morning of last-minute sightseeing for Tara and Paul we all headed out to the airport for our trips to other countries.  Mary and Paul are headed to Hong Kong to catch a Crystal cruise and Tara and Patty are headed to Singapore.  Tara and Patty ended up having a 10 hour flight delay so they were quite late in leaving Laos. 

Paul and Mary made it out to Bangkok on time and had time for a meal and the long walk to our next gate.  While in Laos Tara was obsessed with their mango and sticky rice.  We several shops with mango and sticky rice so we snapped a photo to send to Tara.  

After our short layover the flight took off on time and we were Hong Kong by late evening.  

We were met by a Crystal representative who had a car waiting for us to be transported to the hotel, The Lingham.  A grand and beautiful hotel.  And a wonderful room.

We were up relatively early and had breakfast in the extensive buffet.  We were down in the lobby with our luggage in time for our noon transfer to the ship.  The drive (on a big bus) was only about five minutes…could have walked it easily except for the luggage. 

There was a line in one of the lounges to check in and get our photos taken.  Then it was off to lunch.  We immediately met Deb and Wayne from Texas who we had become acquainted with on our Bali to Bangkok cruise. 

We got unpacked and spent much of the afternoon working on Laos photos. 

We went to the evening show and had a very good time.