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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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if I had a CX ticket on VN metal (a term favored on Web boards), but it was new to me to be denied credit because another airline happened to put its code on the flight. This rule was confirmed to me at the airport departure gate.
So, I was checked-in at the train station and got onto the train. It sat still for a while, and there were announcements of signal problems. Then an agent came on and said something only in Cantonese; evidently the train wasn’t running and people got off. We went to the bus stop; the single-decker bus they use for the hotel-station transfer (presumably now going to the airport) was full and we needed to wait. Then there was another Cantonese announcement; people were allowed to bypass the turnstiles and get back onto the train; it was running. So I finally got to the airport considerably later than I would have if I had taken the bus, especially since a few of these buses went by while I was still waiting for my bus. I was glad to be checked-in, and I was still at the gate comfortably in time for my 9 a.m. flight. It was my first flight on a 777, reasonably comfortable, with seatback video, and good service like one doesn’t see on a U.S. flight of that duration. The pilot may have been Australian. I took a sausage and egg breakfast; the other choice was pumpkin noodles.
Vietnam
The flight landed, there was slightly slow going through passport control, and I went to baggage claim. There were many huge packages coming in, the flight was unloaded, and I didn’t see my bag. Before I approached anyone, I spotted it; it had been taken off before I’d gotten there. Customs involved putting all bags through x-rays. After customs, there was a big empty room, in contrast with the vast expanse of people waiting outside the terminal. I went through in the direction of taxis. A man asked “Taxi?”; I knew to ask “Metered taxi?”; he said yes. After I showed where
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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
