It's fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.

October 5th—We had an early start to the day. We were up at 6:00 and on a shuttle bus at 7:00 heading to the airport. Our bus arrived a little after 8:00 at the Narita Airport. This gave us plenty of time to eat breakfast and hang out in the Cathay Pacific lounge. Getting a pass into the lounge really helped us kill the time with free food, drinks and internet. We boarded our plane about 10:30 and again had a very nice plane. It was another large plane with 2,4,2 seating and individual televisions in the backs of the seats. We were informed that the flight would probably be a little choppy due to Typhoon Parma, but it wasn’t at all. The flight went really well. The kids are such pros at traveling now. When we arrived in Hong Kong, the sun was shining. We went through all the immigration procedures, got our luggage, exchanged our money, and got on the train to Kowloon station. From here, we took a short bus to the YMCA. That’s right; we are staying at the Y.M.C.A. It is apparently a very popular place to stay here and we are very lucky to have gotten a room. Our room is a family suite. It has a bedroom, living room with fold out couch, and an area with a desk, refrigerator and closet. We have a great view of the busy life of Hong Kong. It’s amazing the lights at nighttime on the streets. It reminds me of Vegas with all its brightness. Anyway, after getting settled in, I quickly found the coin laundry which is conveniently on our floor. We hadn’t done laundry in a week so there was a lot to do. It worked out great though because there were 3 normal size washing machines and dryers. After taking the clothes out of the wash and putting them in the dryer, we went to eat pizza at Pizza Hut right by the YMCA. When we returned back, it was bath and to bed for 2 really tired kids. Getting up early and then the hour time difference, made it easy to get them asleep tonight.