Monday 26^th May 2014

After a 10 & ¾ hour flight from Heathrow we landed at Hong Kong at about 12:45pm.

Whilst the plane was a new A380, which we were looking forward to, flying in it was very disappointing.  It was very cramped and seems as though additional rows of seats have been added at the expense of legroom. We were less than impressed with British Airways and it will be good to be on a Qantas flight on the leg back to Aussie.

After a quick passage though immigration we had a short walk through the concourse to check into the Regal Airport Hotel. 

Our room at Regal Airport Hotel Honk Kong

It is really lovely and very convenient so there was no need to get a taxi. Temperature outside was a humid 30°.

After 11 hours on a plane the first order of business was a nice shower and change of clothes, then off to the Executive Club Lounge for a bit to eat and a cuppa. During check-in we arranged a late checkout so we do not vacate our room until 7:00pm on Wednesday evening.

Dinner tonight was in the Dragon Inn, (one of many in the hotel) which serves Shangainese Cuisine meals. We had braised beef with spring onions, braised chicken with back black mushroom & bamboo shoots and Chinese noodles, all of which was lovely and a good end to a rather long day.

Early night tonight as we are going to spend tomorrow at Disneyland, which will be great. No doubt more retail therapy, with Lynne already saying she will need the spare bag out for the trip home.

Sunday 25^th May 2014

Weather report for today is for cloudy sky, possible light showers and 18°.

After a light breakfast we ventured out about 9:00am armed with cameras and umbrellas for a last walk around London, as we will be saying goodbye UK this evening flying to Hong Kong.

The weather was better than expected and whilst it was cool in the shade due to a light breeze blowing it was warm in the sun.

Southbank  Lion on Westminster Bridge

Bruce sitting in middle of Westminster Bridge

There were a lot of road closures round the city until 1:30PM including Westminster Bridge, Whitehall, Birdcage and Pall Mall due to the London 10,000 metre fun run being held today.

It was great to be able to walk up the middle of the road across Westminster Bridge.

We continued our walk through St James Park. Lots of ducks on the banks of the pond, as well as plenty of squirrels out foraging on the grass for whatever they could find.  They are very tame and one came very close to Lynne but realizing she did not have anything they scampered off.

We headed back to the hotel about 11:00am to pack our bags as we had to checkout by midday.

With checkout complete we left our luggage with the concierge and walked back up Whitehall and had lunch in the Clarendon pub before walking back across Westminster Bridge, collecting our bags and getting a taxi to Heathrow at 2:00pm.

The taxi ride was interesting with the taxi driver giving us a running commentary of the suburbs we were driving through.

Arrived at the airport about 3:15pm checked our luggage in, had a cuppa and made our way to boarding gate 64, via the airport underground rail system ready to board our flight to Hong Kong. The flight departed at 6:35pm as scheduled.