Wednesday, August 22, 2018

2018 Summer Hong Kong Trip Day 4

It was cloudy in the morning, became squall again, and became fine.

The typhoons are approaching and the flights to Centrea and Kix were canceled.

This morning I went to HSBC to open an account. I am a world traveler and I think it is very important to have an international bank account. So I am glad to make it successfully.

I came back to Japan safe and sound.

It was a fruitful trip.

2018 Summer Hong Kong Trip Day 3

The weather in Hong Kong is unstable. It was cloudy in the morning, became fine, and rained heavily with thunders.

In the morning there was a lecture and I heard the very big news.

In the afternoon seven of us went to the Peninsula Hotel to enjoy the Afternoon Tea. One person is HK$388 and two persons are HK$688 with 10% service charge. We had scorns, sandwiches, cakes with a pot of tea. We ordered 7 different teas to share the taste.  Chocolate was served at the very last.  What is more BVLGARI chocolate was given. Wow!

After that we went to the Lady's Market and enjoyed shopping.

For dinner we enjoyed at the local restaurant.

Tuesday, August 21, 2018

2018 Summer Hong Kong Trip Day 2

It was another long day having two seminars.

We went out for lunch at Dim Sum restaurant. They were delicious.

When we got out there it was raining heavily. It did not last long, but was like squall.

We had a dinner party at night.

After that we went to see the $ Million Night View. It was so beautiful.

We had a group meeting until late at night.

Sunday, August 19, 2018

2018 Summer Hong Kong Trip Day 1

I came to Hong Kong after four years or so.
This is a big group tour of 300 people which I attended for the first time. It is the 66th trip of this series. This is a kind of study tour.

I left home around 6 am arriving at the Haneda Airport at 7:44 am. Train was full after the bon holiday and I am glad to have sent the suitcase by the delivery service.

Flight delayed for an hour.

I am glad to have seen "A Theory of Everything" which I wanted to see because I missed while it was showing.

We arrived at Hong Kong at 3:19 pm  Japan Time which is 2:19 pm Hong Kong Time.

I exchanged yen10,000 to HK$660.

After arriving at the Intercontinental Grand Sranford Hotel Hong Kong, there was an explain meeting.

At night we went to a local restaurant and ate a lot. Most waiter and waitress could not speak English but our group leader has lived in Hong Kong and can speak Chinese so that we were very lucky.

There was a meeting until late at night.

According to the tour guide:
Hong Kong's industries are tourism, finance, and trading.
Rice is Thai rice and all of automibiles are foreign made.
There are four parts: Lantau Island, Kowloon, Hong Kong Island, and New Territories.
People only eat at home for dinner.
There are many high rise buildings because there is no earthquake.
There is no winter, it is 12 to 13 degrees centigrade in winter.
They use cooler (air-conditioning) all year around.
Scaffoldings are made of bamboo.
Subways run from 6 am to 1 am, buses run for 24 hours.
In March and September they visit graveyard.
Big Chinese fesivals are the moon festival in fall and the old Chinese New Year in February.