Jan 28, 2017 (Saturday) was the first day of the year of Rooster in Chinese. Flowers such as Peach Blossoms and new year decorations made the cold steel / concrete made HK airport warmer.
"God of Wealth" greeted visitors from around the world. This was one of the beautiful moment in the HK airport.
We had plenty of time looking around, walking to the gate and boarding onto the plane.
Before getting onto the plane, we needed to go through a second security check specially required for flight to US. We had to line up for checking the boarding pass and the passport, for second security check and for finding an overhead cabinet to store the bags. The overhead cabinet was filled up by the hand carry luggage and we had to put our bags several seats away.
Before getting onto the plane, we needed to go through a second security check specially required for flight to US. We had to line up for checking the boarding pass and the passport, for second security check and for finding an overhead cabinet to store the bags. The overhead cabinet was filled up by the hand carry luggage and we had to put our bags several seats away.
The entertainment on the plane was very good which helped us get through the 14 hours flying time.
We arrived Dallas, US in the afternoon the same day. This was the nice part when traveling from HK to US :-)
Because we needed to transfer from Dallas to Orlando and we had 2 hours in Dallas to catch the next flight, we had prepared to go through the steps with our fastest move .....
1. Went through the immigration
2. Got the baggage
3. Went through the customs
4. Rechecked the baggage to Orlando flight
5. Went through the security
6. Went to the gate and get onto the Orlando flight
The first step : Went through the immigration
It was no need to fill out the paper immigration form now as the form could be filled out electronically. It was the first time we used the machine and instead of scanning the VISA, we had wrongly scanned the passport. And then, we had received an error message.
Fortunately, with the help from the attendance, we could complete the electronic forms again in a short time. We quickly moved to the immigration officer but we had a bad luck at that time...
The officer directed us to a room and said that "Because checking was needed, please waited here. The officer would call your name.".
I was not sure if it was the effect of the Muslim travel ban or not, I had seen that there were more than 20 people waiting in the room.
"My GOD!" ....
to be continued.
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