My first visa run is apon me and as usual I factor in a fuck up factor for time and luckily I did. I went to terminal 2 because I’m flying to an international destination, but guess what Hong Kong is domestic. Once more I have forgotten but I’m sure the last time I flew I didn’t come through here. Anyway a quick detour and I have arrived at my gate in plenty of time. Although for a minute when I was at passport control I thought I was going to have a problem because she took such a long time looking at my passport, but then I just realised that she’s checking out where I’ve been and maybe a little jealous.

I guess Taiwan,Macau and Hong Kong is a bit like European travel in the fact you still need all your bits of paper to get on the plane, but it’s not domestic of course.

I’m hoping to pick up a new phone in Hong Kong because if I buy one on mainland China it will come with all the free crap Chinese software that allows so much advertising to randomly appear and it will also come with firmware that does not allow you to get to Google Play and it also will not allow you to install a VPN for example and so I’m hoping I can find a new phone before my old one finally gives up the ghost.

I thought I’d be looking for a new computer too but thankfully I think I’ve solved that little problem.

And now I’m at my gate waiting to board and all is well. The weather in Hong Kong is hot and humid, but what’s new about that?

I’ll meet with Grace tomorrow and she’ll hopefully take me to another new place, maybe the beach not sure. Last time I saw her was in Edinburgh last February when it was a tad colder. I’m looking forward to catching up and she’ll hopefully get me a good price on that phone.