This is the day we traveled from Taiwan to Hong Kong. The devotional this morning was a reminder of D&C 88:124 “…retire to thy bed early, that ye may not be weary; arise early that your bodies and your minds may be invigorated.” This would be a help with our health, moods and energy on the trip.
The luggage was counted and loaded on the buses and the morning was beautiful, sunny, warm and humid. We watched Taipei pass by us as the bus headed to the airport. Check-in went well and after the security process some members of the group fanned out across the airport looking for Burger King, McDonalds or any other eating experience that didn’t include fish and unknown meat products.
The short flight to Hong Kong went smoothly and the bus ride into the city was fascinating. Buildings—tall, tall, tall, and many, many, many. Some of the tops of the skyscrapers were in the clouds. There were beautiful bridges linking the islands and huge container ships stacked with containers. The dock areas had thousands of containers and the cranes to load and unload the ships. As we got closer to the hotel we could see the beautiful Kowloon and Hong Kong skylines.
As we drove we noticed how excited [Kit] Ming [Lau], Alice [Yiu] and Siu Hing [Chan] were as we got closer and closer to their homes.
The bus drivers were amazing as they weaved their way through the narrow streets and the crazy traffic to the Excelsior Hotel. We unloaded and went to our beautiful rooms (after the traffic jam at the elevators with all our luggage) in this very nice hotel. We then came to a meeting room and had PIZZA! It tasted so good.
In the evening many went out exploring the bustling streets with more lights than Las Vegas and a few more people than Laie.
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