Hong Kong Layover

I slept well on the flight. I arrived into a very quiet Hong Kong airport at 5am after a 16-hour flight from JFK.

After clearing immigration, I waited for the first train into the city departing 6am. The train ride into Central took about 20 minutes and I wandered into a city that was barely awake. I've always been a fan of HK's skyline, so I headed out on the covered walkway towards the Star Ferry Terminal. I found that the Star Ferry was operating at that early hour, so I stepped onto the next one and admired the HK skyline under a threateningly dark sky.

The ride to Kowloon took only a few minutes. Disembarking, I found that few places were open; even the newspaper seller was still sorting out her papers. I eventually found an outlet of Cafe de Coral serving breakfast items where I ordered a decent dim sum set.

As it was humid and rain was threatening, I took the Star Ferry back to Central and headed back to the airport, arriving at 8.30am. This gave me enough time for a refreshing shower in the lounge and a quick bowl of noodles from their noodle bar before my flight back to Singapore at 11am.Read more