Flying to Thailand soon. i am worried cuz the flight stops in China.will i get lost? are the signs in english?

Question

if you know anything about Thailand to..it's my first time so i'm scared.

But please really worried about the stop in Hong Kong

Answer 1

I am not even sure Chinese is officially spoken there. Everybody speaks English and the signs are in English. I was concerned too for my first time, but on arriving there, there was nothing to worry about at all.

Happy Travels!

Answer 2

Let me guess..you're flying Cathay Pacific??

Don't worry about it. Hong Kong has a very modern airport. You won"t have any problems...

Answer 3

Over ten thousand westerners have been lost at that airport in the last 5 years alone.  They are taken to the mountains neat Macau and held until someone comes with a claim ticket from the Embassy. If they are not claimed in 30 days they are sold to local merchants to be used as giant advertisements in front of their dim sum shops or they are forced to become Chinese pirates. Didn't you see the Dateline story about it?

OK either that or you'll be fine.  Signs are in English.

Answer 4

If your flight stops in Beijing or Shanghai, signs indicating where you have to go upon arrival are in Chinese and English. Follow the sign that says "International Connections" but pick up your boarding pass beforehand at the Transfer Counter.

Edit: sorry, I didn't notice your stopover was in HK. It's even easier in HK, everything is in Chinese and English and very simple to navigate around the airport.

Answer 5

Not only is everything from the message boards, all the signs and the gates in English, the Hong Kong Airport is probably the easiest airport in the world to find your way around and almost everyone who works there speaks English. Almost all flights arrive and depart from Terminal 1, which is one huge terminal and the gates are numbered in order from one end to the other. When transiting through HKIA all you need to do is clear security and go upstairs to where the departure gates are, if you don't want to walk all the way to your gate, there is a shuttle train within the terminal that can take you from one end to the other. There's probably no airport in the world that is easier to connect through than the Hong Kong Airport.

Answer 6

Signs are in English also. Hong Kong used to be a British colony.

Here's the standard drill I follow when connecting at an international airport. When I get off the plane, I just follow the crowd. Eventually I will see two signs: one says "Immigration;" the other says "Connections." I follow the sign that says connections. I'll eventually come to a security area where all my carry-on luggage will be re-scanned by an x-ray machine. Once I pass through security, I follow the crowd once again (there's really only one direction to go). After a little walk, I end up in the departure terminal. I find one of the TV screens that displays departing flights to determine my gate. (Find your flight based upon your destination and flight number). Finally, I just follow the signs to my gate and wait to board the plane. All gates at every airport follow the same alpha/numeric pattern (i.e., gates C1 - C45).

Answer 7

Don't worry, Hong Kong is an easy airport to navigate.  In addition to the signs, there are many English speaking helpers in the terminals that will approach you if you look lost, and point you in the right direction.    The only negative is when you are boarding a flight going TO the USA, the security checks are slow and poorly organized.  

Thailand is a great country to visit.  Ask specific questions about it, if you have them.  :)