WE MADE IT!!!
Hong Kong is amazing!! The people are so friendly and helpful - the city is so clean and the lights are bright!
Flight here was uneventful, many movies and a good book made the time pass quickly. Aubrey, Allyson and I were greeted on the Jetway by Olympic officials who took us to get our credentials and whisked us through a special customs line. We were then handed off to Jim Wolf, USEF director of High Performance, who took us out to the venue. To say the city has gone out of their way is an understatement. The security is tough but still very friendly. The groom village is great - as opposed to last year in Rio when we lived in shipping containers - we are living in a dorm style building two to a bedroom - not too bad!
A quick shower and then off to dinner with Jim in Hong Kong. We got to see the city lights and the harbor - so surreal to be here.
Up early this AM to get the stalls ready for the dressage horses that were coming in around 9:30 and our horses that were getting in around 11am. They were very efficient getting the horses off the trailers - from the time the plane landed to the time the horses were in the stalls was only 1 1/2 hours - AMAZING!!!
The horses are very well - tired but very well.
We are off now to check the horses again - and then give them a well deserved rest. Will hopefully find my way around this amazing venue soon and make it from the barns to the groom’s village on my first try!
Riders arrive tomorrow - with Sara Ike - all will start soon.
more soon!
posted by Max Corcoran @ 9:05 AM
6 Comments
6 Comments:
Hi Max, glad you made it, Hong Kong has some great places to eat!! I had a great time there. If you travel the back routes a little you can find some very very authentic chinese food. Quick language lesson...
xie xie (pronounced shey shey) is thank you and hello is Ni Hao (nee- how)...well thats the quick lesson...glad all is well...say hi to Karen and David and Mandiba for us!!!
Thanks for the updates Max, and the very best to the entire OCET over there! Diana
Max,
Thanks so much for the updates. Its ALMOST like we are there with you. Good luck to Karen and the entire team.
Can't wait for the next update.
J
Colleen says go to the fabulous lobby bar at the InterContinental overlooking the harbor; and check out the amazing bathrooms at the Peninsula. Surely there will be time :)
xoxo
Mom
Great to get first hand news Max and thank you for looking after Doodle so well. He has made quite a journey from Enniskerry to Hong Kong but is lucky to have found you & Karen to make the journey with. I have told his brother Jackaroo about Doodle's great achievements and yet he just continues eating grass or looking superior! Good luck to all the Irish horses and here's to a great competition. William
Max- Thanks for the kind words. Give Doodle a hug for me and keep up the great blogging.
Joan
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