On Sunday the Hong Kong Catholic center for people with disabilities will celebrate its 30th anniversary. I helped to set up the center in what used to be a refugee center for people fleeing mainland China so I was invited to the anniversary and flew to Hong Kong two days in advance.
I was surprised at the Phnom Penh airport to be greeted by one of our deaf community. He was flying to Bangkok on the same flight with me, going to visit his deaf friends. I am very pleased that he has succeeded enough in life to have disposable income to use like that.I had a five-hour layover in Bangkok. Before Covid, there were several direct Phnom Penh-to-Hong Kong flights, but not any more. I was flying AirAsia, a budget airline. Their tickets are considerably less expensive but they charge $62 for a checked bag and even had a fee of $36 for buying the ticket with my Visa card!
Now that the Maryknoll priests have sold their Hong Kong center house, I had no place to stay so I arranged to stay at Rosary Church in the touristy Tsim Sha Tsui area of Kowloon. It is an old historic and elegant church and many people want to get married there. The church has four to six weddings on a weekend. Here a bridal party takes photos before their ceremony.
