Almost home

On our way but with one minor hiccup - upon packing up my stuff I discovered that I did not have my passport, which threw in another complication. I think it dropped out of my bag in the hire car under the passenger seat, which we needed to unpack in great haste.

We proceeded to the airport to register for the flight, and I was told I could board the flight without my passport as long as I have a HK ID and letter of a lost passport report from the French police. I rushed down to the hire care place to ask them if it had been found - the car had been checked in at 4:31 and rehired at 5pm - probably not even cleaned in the turnaround.

So next step was to find the Police office in the Airport - which no one seemed to know where it was. After wasting about 20minutes trying to find the office I eventually found it, and feeling somewhat stressed as I had a time limit by when I could produce the required documents and it was getting closer. Only one Gendarme on at a time with someone who was taking ages to be sorted, and someone in front of me did not bode well. I found the office of the Officer 'du Jour' and asked for his help, he was a little bit abrupt, and I would consider with the 'stereotypical french manner' but after seeing my distress was very nice and helpful. I was given the required document, rushed back to the check in counters and asked to wait with the other staff.

About 1.5 hours before the due takeoff time we were given out boarding passes and we were off!
Arrived in HK at 6:30am to be home at 8am ----
The adventure was finally over.  Hoorah! Now for the washing & unpacking.