England Sunday, Hong Kong Monday

We packed the car and left Cambridge for Heathrow. A 90-minute drive - some of it on the dreaded M25. The MG4 that we had rented had to be returned with an 80% full battery, and luckily, Tesla had a Supercharger station about a 3-minute drive from the Rental car return, so that is where we were heading. Most of the trip was uneventful (if still a little stressful). The last bit was tricky with off-ramps leading off in all directions - Heathrow is a popular destination. The choices of roads came up so fast that we had to guess and failed. But Google was on the job and routed us back to where we were meant to be and even to the right end of the big hotel car park where the chargers were located. The fill was quick, and we were soon on our way. The rental return process was so fast that they had to wait for us to unload the car. Luckily, we hadn’t added any scrapes or scratches to the vehicle that already had plenty when we picked it up. A minor miracle.

As planned, we made it to the terminal with hours to spare. It was an uneventful flight to Hong Kong. We found the Airport Express MTR (train) and used a machine to buy tickets to Kowloon. The machine didn’t accept cards, so we had to feed it copious banknotes. At Kowloon station we navigated to the shuttle bus area to find the bus for our hotel - which runs once an hour, sitting outside the door. Sometimes, you get lucky.

After check-in, it was late afternoon in HK, so we located a vegetarian restaurant for dinner and navigated to it successfully. We ordered three dishes. One of our dishes appeared with what looked like mince on top, but the kind lady at the next table assured us that everything (even the ‘deep-fried pig intestines’) was actually vegetables. The mince was actually soya-based and nice. Back to the hotel and an early bed.

It was a tiring and very long day, but it was great to be in Hong Kong. I haven’t been there in 20 years, but it still looks the same: smog, crowded streets, huge apartment blocks. Fantastic!Meer informatie