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In December 2015 – January 2016, I embarked on an epic trip around much of the Pacific Rim. I started in San Francisco, then went to Kuala Lumpur, New Zealand, Hong Kong, and Osaka before heading home. My trip was all on a single award booking. I booked the trip as my final booking using USAirways […]
Passengers traveling on a Dragonair Airbus A330 from Hong Kong to Penang, Malaysia got an unexpected delay earlier this week when a delivery van crashed into their plane as it was departing the gate at Hong Kong International Airport. Watch video of the van crashing to the plane in Hong Kong below: It is unknown why […]
After a few days in Hong Kong, it was time to begin the final portion of my journey home. Thanks to my generous US Airways award routing, I was able to have a 23-hour visit to Osaka, Japan. I loved my visit to Japan last year, so I jumped at the chance to spend a […]
After visiting Cathay Pacific’s The Cabin lounge in Hong Kong, I moved on to The Bridge, which is a much larger business class lounge that has been recently remodeled. The layout of The Bridge is interesting. After you descend an escalator, you arrive at the check in desk, where from there you can either go […]
Cathay Pacific has several lounges in their home base at Hong Kong International Airport, each being slightly different, yet still maintaining the same design elements. On my last trip out of Hong Kong, I visited two of the business class lounges that I had not been to before, since my award ticket to Osaka was […]
Just like any major world city these days, you can find some decent craft beer in Hong Kong. While the quality doesn’t rival that of Japan just yet, there are a handful of breweries making good beer, along with some nice beer bars to drink them in. Prices aren’t cheap, but Hong Kong can be […]
For most of my stay in Hong Kong, I stayed at a hotel called the Grand City Hotel. Located just a couple of blocks from the Sai Ying Pun subway station, it’s a convenient hotel, especially for the price. When I first went to the hotel, I came out the wrong subway exit and ended […]
Although there are plenty of things to do in Hong Kong, there’s an entirely different experience to be had in Macau, which is just an hour or so away by ferry. A day trip to Macau from Hong Kong is a unique experience if you’re looking to go somewhere different. A day trip to Macau […]
On my first day in Hong Kong, I visited the famed Tim Ho Wan dim sum restaurant. That wasn’t the only dim sum I had when I was in Hong Kong. I also visited Din Tai Fung for their famous xiao long bao (soup dumplings), as well as Dim Sum Square, another dim sum place […]
I got a late start on my second day in Hong Kong, since I had to do some work. I tried to go to a clay pot restaurant near my hotel, which first was hard to find, then once I found it, I learned that they only do clay pot after 6pm. Instead, I stopped […]
After eating as much dim sum as possible at Tim Ho Wan, I headed back toward the area I was staying in. I needed to switch hotels because I had stayed for one night in a Holiday Inn in order to qualify for an IHG promotion, but had a cheaper hotel for most of the […]
My first day in Hong Kong was a rainy one. With the weather looking to be better for the other days, I decided to make it an indoor day, staying mostly in Kowloon until the evening. I started the morning by taking the subway to Mong Kok. From there, I walked to a shopping center. […]
