China/Hong Kong: Arrival in Hong Kong
SFO to Hong Kong is something like 14 hours; long enough to be painful and unpleasant, but not completely horrible. Last year's trip to Malaysia via Malaysia Air was distinctly more comfortable, as United clearly spends very little money on their economy-class seating., although it's really describing just two different degrees of "uncomfortable".
Still, we got there... met up with cousin Kristen...
Hopped on the bus to the hotel, then took the hotel shuttle to Mong Kok where we wandered the 21 or so blocks covered in shops and restaurants, ultimately going inside a decent sit-down restaurant for dinner. I would have preferred to eat at a street vendor (some of them looks AWESOME!!!), but I guess we were being conservative. =P
Aunt Pattey showed up late that night after a minor fiasco with her flights in the US due to bad weather.