{"id":2710,"date":"2024-12-10T21:17:23","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T05:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/philatsea.ca\/?p=2710"},"modified":"2024-12-10T21:17:23","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T05:17:23","slug":"hong-kong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philatsea.ca\/?p=2710","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So today we arrived about 4 hours late into Hong Kong. This was due to us having to slow down because we were on the outer bands of a Super Typhoon.<br \/>\nMany tours were cancelled or changed due to this.<\/p>\n<p>Hong Kong is one of those places where I have done it and really could care less if I went back. There is something about all the pushing and number of people that just isn\u2019t fun.<br \/>\nI opted to Geocache at the Kai Tek cruise terminal which was the old airport. They have built a lovely Garden on the roof where many caches are hidden.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2711\" style=\"width: 2570px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2711\" class=\"wp-image-2711 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/philatsea.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_0449-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philatsea.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_0449-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/philatsea.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_0449-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/philatsea.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_0449-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/philatsea.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_0449-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/philatsea.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_0449-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/philatsea.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_0449-2048x1152.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2711\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looking at Hong Kong from the ship<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2714\" style=\"width: 2570px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2714\" class=\"wp-image-2714 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/philatsea.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_0456-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philatsea.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_0456-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/philatsea.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_0456-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/philatsea.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_0456-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/philatsea.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_0456-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/philatsea.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_0456-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/philatsea.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_0456-2048x1152.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2714\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Curling in Hong Kong on a &#8220;Dry Ice&#8221; and small sheets<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2715\" style=\"width: 2570px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2715\" class=\"wp-image-2715 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/philatsea.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_0458-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philatsea.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_0458-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/philatsea.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_0458-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/philatsea.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_0458-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/philatsea.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_0458-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/philatsea.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_0458-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/philatsea.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_0458-2048x1152.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2715\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fire Fighting<\/p><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2712\" src=\"https:\/\/philatsea.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_0452-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"622\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philatsea.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_0452-scaled.jpeg 1440w, https:\/\/philatsea.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_0452-169x300.jpeg 169w, https:\/\/philatsea.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_0452-576x1024.jpeg 576w, https:\/\/philatsea.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_0452-768x1365.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/philatsea.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_0452-864x1536.jpeg 864w, https:\/\/philatsea.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_0452-1152x2048.jpeg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2713\" src=\"https:\/\/philatsea.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_0453-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philatsea.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_0453-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/philatsea.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_0453-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/philatsea.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_0453-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/philatsea.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_0453-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/philatsea.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_0453-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/philatsea.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_0453-2048x1152.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><br \/>\nAfter I spent a couple of hours on shore I went back to the cabin and gathered the laundry and headed to the Laundry Room to do some much needed laundry. I figured no one would be doing laundry and I was correct. Opening the door to the room was like walking into a meat locker. I was met with 5 brand new washers and dryers. The cost is $4 to wash and $4 to dry.<br \/>\nAbout 2 hours later I was done.<br \/>\nSo Hong Kong was uneventful for me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So today we arrived about 4 hours late into Hong Kong. This was due to us having to slow down because we were on the outer bands of a Super Typhoon. 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