The wonders of free Wi-Fi at Hong Kong airport allows a brief blog on our way home. We still have not told about our emotional farewells with the communities yesterday, but that will have to wait until we get home.
But a five hour gap between flights at Hong Kong gave us the chance to speed on the airport express to the centre of the city and its famous harbour. It was a bit of a lightning tour (and in view of an apparent flight delay, we perhaps could have stayed a little longer!) but we took in the brief sights and lights. And very spectacular they are too!
Perhaps the sudden jump from 'third world' Manila to 'first world' Hong Kong is too stark however. It made us think about the systems that cause some to be rich and many more to be poor, and to wonder about some of the large issues of our day. We also somehow missed the chaos, noise, dirt and vibrancy of life in Manila. And especially we missed the friendly wonderful people we have been with this last week, who are so materially poor, but have made us feel so rich to know.
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