The Hong Kong adventure has begun with it own adventure.
We had a 20 hour trip to Hong Kong via Tokyo. As we got near Tokyo they put us in the circle pattern due to snow coming down. The longer we circled, after flying for 13 hours already, I knew that things were not looking good for this trip.
The pilot finally chose to divert us to Osaka before we ran out of fuel. So off we went. We were not the only plane that dropped in there for the evening - creating chaos and confusion around the airport. So we sat. And we sat. About 3 hours later we got off the plane and went through immigration and customs and gathered our luggage. After 18 hours on the plane anything seemed better.
They loaded us in buses and then off we went to a hotel about 45 minutes down the road. They very efficiently got us keys to rooms but no it is midnight local time and no information or idea of where we might get information regarding the plan to get us to Hong Kong.
Got on the phone and got it sorted out for myself. Delta's idea of sorting it out was to get us back to Tokyo today and then another 24 hours later get us in a plane to fly 6 hours to Hong Kong, Why not make a 20 hour trip a 72 hour trip if you can......
Fortunately someone got us sorted and we are now hanging out in Tokyo waiting for the once a day flight to Hong Kong......and they just announced it would be late.
So we will be at least 48 hours in, and probably longer, by the time we hit the ground.
Wouldn't have surprised me to say snow got in the way of my trip to HK - just didn't expect that problem to be in Tokyo.
So a few quick shots of Osaka, or where ever we were, from around the hotel this morning.
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