With arrival at Hong Kong at 10:00 and the requirement to be out of the cabin by 8:00 we were camped out in the atrium once we were out of the cabin. To add to the excitement, our flight back home departed at 13:30 so had to be off more or less as soon as clearance was given.
As it happens, we met a couple of absolute superstars, Marco and Roberta who positioned us in the right area and allowed us to be first off the ship. A rabble of Baltic passengers in a large group were in the same area waiting zone but were held back and we were through immigration really quickly because everything was empty. We were initially directed to the ground floor but with pre booked transport had to get back into the lift to level 1 where we were relieved to find our driver and car waiting for us.
The drive to the airport took 40 minutes and checking in and security was really swift, in fact we were airside by 11:30. With the pressure off, a drink and a bite to eat was a very welcome reward.
Our biggest hurdle today was getting off the ship and we owe everything to our Costa heroes.
We received a flight update whilst waiting at the gate which read as follows
“Your flight CX 253 has been delayed due to airport resource adjustment“
I don’t know whatever that meant but it was going to take 20 minutes to readjust and ended up taking an hour.
We have just landed back in the UK so have a drive back to Somerset ahead of us.
All being well, I will be back in March 😁