Hibbets' Happenings

We stayed up most of the night Jan 2 getting ready to leave Hong Kong. Our van arrived at 7:30 am Jan 3 to take us to the airport. There was a light rain when we were leaving, of all things, after almost no rain our entire trip. We got to the airport with no problems (but with more traffic than I expected for so early). It took us about an hour to get there. We checked in without incident, went through the passport check and security without any problems, and made our way to the gate to wait. We had brought breakfast with us, so we sat there in the gate and ate our pancakes and manderin oranges. We had brought some fresh fruit with us, because we figured (correctly, as it turned out) that we could have fresh produce with us on the flight, we just couldn't bring it back into the States. That was nice. I was going to miss our apples if we couldn't have them on the flight. David got us two bottles of water and a bottle of oolong tea. This is where the first of two boos of the trip happened. We figured since we were past security we could take these drinks with us on the plane -- we figured wrong! We hadn't even opened the tea; one water was gone but the other was only half finished. Once we were allowed to board (and we were allowed to board first), there was a final security check of our bags there right before we got on the plane. And they confiscated all liquids. Boo! Well, it could be worse. Gotta go, more later....