DFR Travels: Home...

Friday September 20. Bright and sunny in Hong Kong...

A remarkably, a good sleep Thursday night on the ship for me but Fellette was restless. [Maybe she was wondering if she still knows how to cook!]

The morning dragged on: We were out of our cabin by 7:45, off the ship by 10:00, at the Airport Hotel at 10:45 and out of there in an hour. Some passengers had flights into the evening and would spend several hours at the hotel.

Check-in, customs and immigration was not a problem and neither was security as we certainly do not look like Hong Kong protesters. We were early and had three comfortable hours in the Cathay Pacific lounge before we boarded.

We are sticking close to home from now until the end of the year but we do have an interesting trip coming up the first couple of months in 2020. I will let you know more about that closer to the time.

In reflection...

Japan was very, very interesting. It is certainly a very orderly and well structured society, life appears to be quite predictable. I suppose that most are happy not to be bothered with refugees and immigration from foreign lands because Japan has very strict rules in that regard. Even if that fact is going to be the reason for the slow decline in Japan as a world powerhouse, they are happy, it appears, to keep Japan for the Japanese.

I do feel sorry for the citizens of Hong Kong as I believe they are really in a No-Win situation with China. China is disregarding the agreement it signed when the British left in 1997 and what can anybody do about it? The end game is that in 2047, 28 years from now, Hong Kong will just be another 'Province' of China. Pity the younger generation. Who knows how it may develop. Fellette pointed out a sign in the bus today: 'Hong China'

This vacation again was a different experience for the two of us, it was a bit on the quieter side, very educational and somewhat more upscale than we usually do.

'Slow Boat to China": 888 hours to get there, 12 hours to get home!

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The plane came in early. We landed at 12:30 PM, four hours before we left Hong Kong as we gained that missing day back again!.

We were in the car on the way to Bligh House for a quick visit with Alicia and Ewan, then home around 3:00. I cut the lawn and Fellette went shopping and then harvested the tomatoes and carrots. We had an early light dinner and tumbled off very early. We will unpack the suit cases when we wake up very, very early tomorrow.

That's it folks, hope you enjoyed the ride, we did. I will let you know when we travel again.