Was my home not wanting to see me again, I wondered as I made my preparations. It was uncanny, I had come to exactly the end of a tube of toothpaste, various perishable foods and so forth. I hoped it was just good planning.
Fortunately the rain eased so I didn't have to take an unloved umbrella with broken ribs to discard as soon as I reached the cover of the train station. Airports are lugubrious places. I think it is all the sad emotional energy from people parting. That's why the shops are extra cheerful, to distract people with bling.
The departure gate was too small and the queue overflowed into the corridor. I had a seat behind a bulkhead which gave me extra leg room. Air travel is a necessary evil. A music player, a good book, eye shades and the ability to sleep sitting ameliorate the discomfort.
We arrived in HK 10 minutes ahead of schedule at 0450, but fortunately by my body clock this was 0750. I had a pretty decent breakfast of congee on the Cathay Pacific flight. I would have to wait for the airport restaurants to open before I could eat again. Hopefully there would be enough time before my connecting flight at 0935. I found a power point and got onto the free airport WiFi.
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