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When I had the opportunity to use frequent flyer miles for an overseas trip, I decided to use them to go over a different sea than usual for a trip to Asia in November 2002. Here is a report on that trip to Hong Kong, Macau, Vietnam, and Cambodia.
TRIP TO ASIA, NOVEMBER 2002
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bids listed on the Priceline Asia section of Biddingfortravel.com, I got a bid accepted at HK$360, or about $46 U.S. a night. I’d been thinking about the bid for months; when I made it I found that hotels in Asia had just become available on the U.S. Priceline site; I don’t know if a comparable bid would have been accepted there. Anyway it was a fine 4-star place, with a great location, certainly a great deal at that price. Although my room didn’t have a good view, I could step outside and be on the promenade with a great view across the harbor. Although I found it cheap when I first saw that system in Italy, I found that it made sense to make one put the key card into a slot to turn the lights on; they were turned on as they’d been left, and all lights were also controlled by a bedside console. I think there were three housekeeping visits a day.
After a good night’s sleep, I had my prearranged meeting with Judy, the Travelzine’s expert Hong Kong resident. She gave me a good orientation as we walked the promenade to the “Star” Ferry (as punctuated on the signs there) and took that best way of crossing the harbor to HK Island . She had planned for us to eat at Maxim’s City Hall restaurant, but we found that it was no longer serving dim sum, so we took the ferry back to Kowloon to have dim sum at the Jade Garden restaurant across from the terminal. She also had the good idea of inviting a Singaporean man who worked in the same building, the Star House, to join us. We had a good meal and I learned a lot to start my trip.
I’ll offer general impressions of my week in Hong Kong: HK is a great place to get an introduction to Asia; with English widely spoken and the high-rises all over, at times I hardly felt that I was far from home. The area’s special qualities quickly became clear, though; the modern architecture had its special style and the natural setting made quite an impression. My hotel was attached to a shopping
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See photographs from:
Vietnam Gallery
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Macau Gallery
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Hong Kong Gallery
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Cambodia Gallery
