• Hong Kong ->JFK->Home

    February 23 in Taiwan ⋅ 🌧 14 °C

    We caught a cab, saying Farewell to our luxurious hotel, and headed for the Taipei airport. It was too early to check our bags, so we started wandering, looking for a place to hang out. A Cathay Airways manager asked us what help we needed. We told him we were fine- just looking for a place to sit until we could check our bags. He told us to wait a minute- looked at our tickets, and told us he could get us on an earlier flight to Hong Kong. That was fine with us.

    We ended up with about 6 hours in Hong Kong. Thanks to the lounge pass from my credit card, we had a few hours, and then were able to extend.

    The flights were blessedly unremarkable, with a transfer at JFK- Immigration and customs were quick...

    ...and then we were home.
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