Day 2 - April 13 - Goodbye America | Hello Hong Kong

Hello and Greetings from 38,000 ft in the sky.  Today was a bizarre and quick day - since when I passed the international date line, it became the 14th day - but we will pretend it was the 13th until I landed. :)  Thank goodness my Friday the 13th was quick and short, nothing like the flight!  The flight was a little under 14 hours, which needless to say was quite a long time.  Nothing to exciting happened on the plane and I had a lovely window seat to boot.  You may wonder why there are no photos, well in true flustered Sarah fashion I lost my camera somewhere, thank goodness it was a little cheap one.  I will update you tomorrow with details.

Also I had two nice seat mates on the long flight and we all seemed to be in sync with our legs cramping up.  Toward the end of the flight the man sitting next to me, who couldn't have been more than a few years older than me, informed me his father had just passed and he was going to his funeral.  My heart sank, I felt like I was the first stranger he had told that news to.  His eyes welled up when he talked about his Dad, I can only hope he had the opportunity to see and talk to him prior to his passing.  My seat buddy lived in Orlando and was asking me all about Florida and if I had been.  You should have seen his smile when he talked about Disney World, I was happy to see Mickey cheer him up.  

The two things that were stunning on the flight was looking out the window.  The nighttime sky was brilliant with millions of beautiful stars and then the moon made an appearance and kept me company while the rest of the plane seemed to sleep.  Then the most beautiful sunrise, I watched out the window for nearly one hour waiting and waiting for the sun to peek out over the horizon.  The deep blue sky as the sun was nearly to the horizon was breathtaking and I longed to take a photo, but I know that it wasn't going to capture the beauty.  All in all it was a pretty effortless flight and I am now onto my third book.  Hoping I can drop off my books to a fellow traveler somewhere along the way.

After the flight I headed over to the hotel that is attached to the airport. My goodness it was a long, long walk and I hadn't come to my senses about getting a little cart that you can use for free.  Thank you to the Hong Kong airport for providing these for free, you have saved my back!  I guess the thing I wasn't ready for was the humidity and somewhat lack of air conditioning.  After arriving to the lobby, and a small mix-up with my reservation I made it to my room, ate a enormous meal, showered, skyped and went to bed.

Hope you are all doing wonderful!  

xoxo,

Sarah