And out of the clouds again
The meal service then started.
The Prelude was
“Fresh fruit”
My fresh fruit. Containing pineapple, papaya, honey melon, strawberries and blueberries
The fruit was nice and cold and tasted good.
I skipped the cereal, as I’m not much of a cereal person.
The main
“Selection of dim sum”
Radish cake, siew mai, fried Shanghainese dumpling and har kow. Along with the remnants of my croissant and my finished cappuccino.
It all tasted good with absolutely no complaints. My orange juice was constantly refilled throughout the flight, which may have lead to multiple toilet breaks.
Clear blue sky with puffy ***** of cotton wool, I mean clouds
I settled down and started watching Taken 2. Absolutely loved it, full on action during the whole movie. The noise cancelling headphones provided are not quite as good as my Bose QC15’s but since I was travelling fairly light I didn’t carry them and had to make do. After Taken 2 finished there was around an hour left and since I couldn’t finish another movie I switched to the map.
Almost there
We did a few turns on approach in a slight holding pattern. The cabin was prepared and winds were quite strong.
Turning
The Landing (Video) – Don’t forget to like and subscribe to my channel
http://youtu.be/E5TibiNx8Mw
We landed on Runway 07L and was quite bumpy and the engines kept spooling up and down. We had a crosswind on approach and the A330 was being blown around a bit.
We taxied to out gate, which was a fair distance away but gave me the chance to spot some unusual birds that I cant get down under.
Star Alliance (United) 777
Random biz jet
Dragon Air A230
Hong Kong Airlines A330 under tow
One World (Cathay) A330 at the gate next to us
Out gate, awaiting out arrival
Disembarkation was quick but I took my sweet time, I was the last off in business class and spotting my opportunity I asked the lead steward if I could visit the cockpit. He went off to ask and said the captain said ok but no photos, sorry guys. I then headed out into the terminal. HKIA has a split-level design much like my home airport of Sydney but much more pleasant.
A few doors down was a Hong Kong Airlines pushing back.
And next to it was a Korean Air 747 in the “Welcome to Korea” colour scheme and if you can see behind it was the Dragon Air A330 in the “25th Anniversary” colour scheme.
Immigration was quick and baggage claim was quicker still with my bag priority tagged. I then headed out into the massive arrivals area of HKIA and then into the very efficient transport system of Hong Kong as I took the Airport Express MTR into the city.
Part 2 covering my return journey in SQ 861 coming soon.