We're here! We're here! We arrived right on time on Lantau Island Airport. The time her is 12 hours ahead; so we didn't have to change our watches - ust our body clocks! I tried to sleep early on the plane and to stay awake at the right time, but I still was awake all night. What we would call a "gypsy cab driver" tried to get us to take his cab and followed us through the airport, but I just kept smiling and saying, "We are all right. We want a blue taxi." We actually wanted a red taxi, but we found the official lineup with little trouble. The cab drivers call their central office on a cell phone and have you tell it where you want to go. Then they get the translation and whiz along the expressway to Kowloon and then to Hong Kong Island. Excellent driver - worth the 35 bucks US. We are in the Wanchai area, and the Academy for the Performing Arts, where Charlotte is taking her first workshop is right next door. But I read the schedule wrong, and we went across to Kowloon on the Metro to the HK Cultural Centre first, but then backtracked all the way and still got her there on time. I don't have to register till later; so I'm back here at the "internet zone" in the hotel posting for an exorbitant price of 7 bucks US because it's convenient. I'll find the cheaper places tomorrow.
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