So after a ten hour flight i arrived in Hong Kong, to be greeed by a frantic Dragon Air staff guy, he informed me they were boarding immediately. he led me down through the surging crowd, overtaking teh travelator set, skipping past the long lines of people at security checks to be wisked through with a cursory glance. on the second level we overtook geriatric and overladen travels with ease. when suddenly i realised i had left my cardboard tube fall of posters on teh previous flight. My shaparone went into convulsions, he jumped on the mobile and the troops were mustered to correct my error. At this point i also realised we had taken a u-turn and were headed back towards the plane id just been on.
As it happens the 2 Km excursion brought me back to the aircraft parked next to the one i just got off. My shaparone had the cardboard roll in my hand 5 minutes later. However my luggage i took seperate flights to beijing, due to my delayed flight.
i know it sounds tedious but it was quite thrilling to jump from one flight to another with a quick anadrenaline rush and the uncertainty of ever seeing my underware again.

The second thrill was in the questionmark over my accomodation. some administartive loose ends turned out to be non-ends. But the women on teh desk sorted me out with a small room and 2 double beds, cosy. At this point error number 3 came to light. my independently travelling bag had arrived withits locks intact, i arrived witout keys...
The concierge in this hotel is a dab hand with some improvised tools and a liitle grunt. 2 locks 'dislodged', undies arrived safely.

So now i just have to do this convention, find my collegues and get something to eat... in chinese... how hard could it be?