Won’t be leaving Hong Kong any time soon

Returning to HK airport last week. What’s with the guy’s blue
plastic raincoat? I assume fear 

Last year we cancelled our trip to Alaska. This year trips to Oz for Mum’s 100th, to Alaska and to Europe all cancelled. I don’t want all the hassle associated. And for Oz it was simply not possible to get a ticket — only for emergencies and a centenary (for Mutti, see above) is not deemed an emergency. 

Next year to Alaska? Who knows? I’m not going to go through this hassle if the rules haven’t relaxed.

The folks in this story today didn’t have a good time of it:

…that changed on August 20 for those coming back from countries deemed high-risk. They now needed to produce a pre-departure negative test result for the coronavirus, spend 21 days in hotel quarantine, and be screened for Covid-19 seven times after arrival.

… Looking back now, Chu, 33, who works in consulting, said he would not have returned to New York on August 18 to visit his family for the first time in three years if he knew the hassles that lay ahead.

And that certainly holds for this Grumpy Old Man, 71, who “works” at home.

From ‘Not worth the hassle’ Hong Kong residents return from summer holidays with tales of pandemic stress, anxiety and increased costs.