I have 24 hours in Hong Kong on the way back home because of how I had to book the flights. I took a short flight from Da Nang to Hong Kong and I have a separate ticket for HKG-SFO-PDX.
I ended up clearing immigration with the bags around 8:45pm, and my flight out is at 8pm tomorrow, so I was able to go up to the checkin counter and get my boarding pass and check the bag in already.
We bought so much stuff that we had to buy a new suitcase in Hoi An. We were pretty rushed packing this morning after picking up the last of the clothing. So in the airport I did some rearranging between the bags.
I moved some of my old cheap clothes and laundry into the new large suitcase to make room to move some of the new custom clothes into my small suitcase. I checked the big suitcase but I should be able to take the small one as carryon. I figure better to spread out the risk instead of checking both bags. Oh and I also had to buy a strap for the new bag because I don’t trust the zippers entirely. Now it’s also easier to spot.
So cross your fingers that in 36 hours I will find the bag in SFO when I clear immigration!
And of course the checked bag has an AirTag in it so I'll be able to keep an eye on it in the mean time.
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I've got 22 hours in Hong Kong on a layover and I'm staying overnight in a hotel near the old Kowloon Walled City. Any tips for what I should do on this very short trip?
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The building that collapsed from the earthquake was right next to the train station we got off at when we arrived in Bangkok last weekend. We took the train from Chiang Mai to Chatuchak 😮https://maps.app.goo.gl/YUANzTLHUfCZVi6b7
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"text": "The building that collapsed from the earthquake was right next to the train station we got off at when we arrived in Bangkok last weekend. We took the train from Chiang Mai to Chatuchak \ud83d\ude2e https://maps.app.goo.gl/YUANzTLHUfCZVi6b7",
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