Lounges.... Cathay Pacific at HKG

Forgive the belated entry on this... but I somehow overlooked a lounge that is definitely worth writing home about...

When it comes to lounges, Cathay gets it...

When I arrived into HKG, I'd been on a plane for 12 hours.

First things first... I was hungry. Sure, there was food on my British Airways flight from LHR, but my body clock somehow figured it was afternoon, so I needed dinner...

Fortunately, Cathay gets it. There's a Noodle Bar available with pot stickers, breads, finger sandwiches, and of course, four different options for noodles which are made to order.

In addition, they had an excellently provisioned MANNED bar, and as probably only I would appreciate, fountain soda (the first I'd seen in over a week!). Wide selection of both English and Chinese newspapers and magazines, and free wi-fi. It's just about everything you could want from a lounge.

Second things second... after spending all day in London, leaving about 2200 then spending another 12 hours on an aircraft, I really needed a shower...

Again, Cathay gets it. Well appointed individual shower rooms, and if you need anythng like toothpaste, deodorant, shampoo, etc., there's an attendant available to provide you with any toiletries you might not have been able to carry with you. And let me tell you... the gravity shower was quite relaxing... It was so good I'm thinking of putting one of these in when we remodel the bathroom in my house next year....

At HKG, there are two lounges -- one near Gate 2 (The Wing) and Gate 66 (The Pier). I started out in the Wing, and then found out my flight was posted for Gate 68, and moved to The Pier. Both are equally good although The Pier seemed to be a little more beat up than The Wing was.

Did I mention Cathay gets it?