Tuesday, July 5, 2011

first day in Hong Kong

I am definitely too old to travel long distance. the 13 1/2 hours flight was tiring. Jet lag has just kicked in at 4am this morning. Cathay Pacific was nicer than United Airlines for sure, but even with personal entertaiment system, being stuck in the economic class seat was not fun.

These in-seat personal entertainment seats are probably the best investment a cross-ocean airline can have. Without them, flight attendants have to walk around and keep passengers occupied. I urge UA upgrade their 13 inch overhead TVs to cover their poor service.

Hotel is tiny. We are staying at Butterfly on Morrison, a boutique hotel in Wan Chai. I was reading Predictible Irrationality on the flight here. It talked about how human is terrible at making complex comparison. It was evident in my hotel selection process. Pennisula cost 4,000 HKD, some other unknown hotel is 1,000 while this boutique and stylish hotel is 1,200. so which one would you chhose? No brainer, eh? Thanks to the 1,000 dollar helper to make the decision easier.

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