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Day 304: October 31, 2015
Diary entry:
Flying day today.
Too the 7AM shuttle from the Radisson to Narita International Airport for our China Airlines flight to Taipei, connecting on to Hong Kong. Would have preferred a direct flight, but we’re using miles for these flights between Tokyo and Hong Kong, and the only direct flight with SkyTeam is the direct Delta flight which won’t get us into Hong Kong in time for the Halloween event at Hong Kong Disneyland which ends today.
We had a little scare as we had a congestion delay as we were approaching Taipei, and we only had a one-hour connection time already, but my fears dissipated as we were taxiing to our gate and I saw the gate for our Hong Kong flight was still empty. No plane there means no reason to worry about missing our connection.
We were a little later than hoped getting into Hong Kong, especially due to the wait for a taxi at the Airport Express station at Kowloon. There are a lot of things I love about Hong Kong, but one thing I definitely hate is the lack of taxicabs, especially at the Airport Express stations for Kowloon and Hong Kong. Always at least a 30-minute wait it seems.
We made it to our hotel, the Hyatt Regency in Tsim Sha Tsui (I do kinda wish work had put me in a hotel on Hong Kong Island this time, but c’est la vie) and turned down the room upgrades they offered to sell me, which were almost as expensive as the room rate itself!
We still wound up with a partial harbor view, which should give us a decent view of the light show.
A fun evening at Hong Kong Disneyland for their Halloween event, followed by a horrific ride home at park closing, with mobs of people, and another hour wait for a taxi at Kowloon station.
So tired! Too tired, and too late, to even go out for a beer tonight, so taking one from what we bought in Tokyo.
The Beer:
Name: Tokyo Black Porter
Style: Porter
Producer: Yo-Ho Brewing Company
Alcohol content: 5.0%
Bottle size: 0.35 l can
Purchased from: Seijo Ishii Grocery Store at Ikspiari near Tokyo Disneyland in Japan
Tokyo Black Porter by Yo-Ho Brewing Company. Very late, after flying in from Japan and a whole evening / night at the Halloween event at Hong Kong Disneyland, including an almost two hour trip back home at the end of the night. Planned to go to TAP tonight, but will have to wait. Decent Porter. Dark roasted aroma. Some chocolate and coffee bitterness.
