My next adventure is to the Far East. I am getting on a United Airbus 320 in Orlando and flying 5hrs to San Francisco where I have a layover. After a 3 hour layover I then board a United 747 for a 13hr trip to Hong Kong, I can remember when Hong Kong was given Special Administration Region status (SAR) by the People Republic of China in 1997. Hard to believe 14 years later I am going there. I am meeting Susan in HK who is a peer of mine that now lives in Shanghai. Susan was born in Hong Kong and has family there. Here are some fun facts:
The city of New York has 8.3 million people where Hong Kong has 7 Million people. Shanghai where I will travel to on Saturday Aug 6th has 13.3 million people. 1 The numbers are for the city not the metropolitan area. China has 1.3 Billion people where as the US has 311Million.
In Hong Kong I will be visiting people that are in charge of providing the infrastructure for the D park that was built there in 2005. I am learning a lot about the details of International work and it is very intriguing. My colleagues that fly from the west coast do have a much easier flight since they forgo the 5hr flight across the US.
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