Category Archives: Airports

Chep Lap Kok International Airport to Kimberley Hotel (Hong Kong)

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Summer was nearing its end and classes about to begin and we didn’t want to end it without a family vacation.  We decided on Hong Kong, a first for my children Jandy and Cheska. My in-laws, who just celebrated their golden wedding anniversary last May 25, was also joining us. So too with my brother-in-law Mark, his wife Nenette and their children Miguel and Matthew, 10 in all.

Arrival at Chek Lap KoK International Airport

We all departed Manila’s old NAIA I Terminal on the 6:30 AM (CX-905) Cathay Pacific flight, arriving at Chek Lap Kok International Airport by 8:30 AM.  After transferring to the Terminal 2 Building via MTR Airport Express, we were met by our guide Anthony from Ann Travel Agency. The 37-km. shuttle trip from the airport to the city took all of 45 mins.. We arrived at Kimberley Hotel by 10 AM.

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Transfer via MTR Airport Express

Singapore to Bangkok

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It was now our last day in Singapore and the start of the second and final leg of 8-day tour – our first visit to Bangkok in Thailand. After breakfast, I still had some time on my hand, so I visited the iconic Raffles Hotel and the nearby Singapore War Memorial.

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The iconic Raffles Hotel

The grand hotel lobby

Then I visited my UP College of Architecture friends Oliver “Papot” Venegas and Philip Carrillo at their DP Architects PTE office at the Golden Mile Complex along Beach Road before returning to the hotel.

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Singapore War Memorial

We all checked out of Cockpit Hotel before noon and were shuttled by van to Changi International Airport were we to take a Singapore Airlines (SQ-0066) flight to Bangkok.  By 12:30 PM, we all on board our plane.  The flight took one and a half hours.

Mommy, Tellie and Salve awaiting our flight at Changi International Airport

Don Muang International Airport

Upon arrival at Bangkok’s Don Muang International Airport (one of the world’s oldest international airports and Asia’s oldest operating airport), we were picked up by our Goodwind Tours representative and were brought to 13-storey Rajah Hotel, arriving there by 3:30 PM.  Come evening, we had supper at the Ambassador Hotel.

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Rajah Hotel: 18 Soi Sukhumvit 2 and Sukhumvit Soi 4 (Soi Nana), Sukhumvit Rd., Khwaeng Khlong Toei, Bangkok 10110, Thailand. Tel: 02-2550040 to 55. Fax: 02-2557160.