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September 18, 2005
Exit Hong Kong
Alice waited with me inline for my flight, Emirates' 2220 flight EK385 to Bangkok and onward to Dubai. The queues were huge! We were in the queue beside the biz/first class check-in desks which was generally empty. Out of the hundreds of people waiting to check in, I was selected to jump into the biz class line! This must have saved me a good thirty minutes of standing about with my heavy packs. My theory is that because Alice was with me, the check-in woman gave me/us the secret insider Chinese woman-to-woman queue jumping bonus card. I am not complaining.
After that it was time to say 'bye' to Alice, whip through immigration and security, and hit the biz lounge to write some post cards before boarding at gate 66.
The aircraft was a Boeing 777, my least favorite wide body aircraft. The overhead compartments are just so hard to reach. The onboard veggie food was great. The elderly couple beside me were from Thailand on returning home from a holiday in Hong Kong. Nice people, not so chatty.
Posted by stu at September 18, 2005 05:58 PM