It was my last day at Hong Kong, and I was scheduled to get on a flight back to Singapore that evening. It was after the race and my friends were still lazily walking along the streets of Causeway Bay. Although it was still early in the afternoon, I was getting anxious thinking that I would miss my flight. I already missed a flight from Singapore to Manila, and I’m making sure that it doesn’t happen again. It is an expensive mistake to make.
I made last minute shopping at Sogo for some snacks some friends in Singapore wanted. From Sogo we took a mini bus back to his place where I got my stuff. Fortunately, there was an airport bus which passes near his place, so I shouldn’t take too much time to get to the airport. I normally don’t take the airport bus because I think there are cheaper ways to get to the city but in this case, it is a matter of convenience, since there is no city bus that brings us to the airport from where we were.
I arrived at the airport in no time and I was deposited at the departure hall. I remember it took me a while to get from the check in counters to the departure area. This time it was a little different since I will be leaving from Terminal II. I didn’t even know there was a Terminal II. I was under the impression that Hong Kong’s airport was already massive enough that they don’t need a new terminal, well apparently they do. It took me some time to get to that terminal though since it involves getting on automatic people movers.
The new terminal building wasn’t really that impressive. In fact I liked the original one better. The aisles weren’t as much as Terminal I but it was still decent enough. The trouble is, I had a little difficulty finding Tiger Airways’ check in counter. Normally the counters have the airlines’ logo prominently displayed. However Tiger Airways had not such display. I only noticed them because of the banner they display near the counter.
Going through immigration was uneventful and I quickly went to the automatic people mover and got on. It seems that this was the only way for passengers to get to the departure area. To my surprise, it brought us back to Terminal I. I figured that while they have enough gates to handle the airplane traffic, the airport actually needed more check in counters to handle the increasing number of passengers. Go figure. In the end I had a sad dinner of sandwich at the airport. I was hoping for a last taste of roast goose but I didn’t find any. I will miss Hong Kong, and for sure I will be back again.
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