Alarmed by the increase in HKG–BKK fares for the holidays, I decided to get my December trip into gear. Thanks to a sympathetic final exam schedule and still-cheap flights from Macau, I booked a round-trip to Bangkok from 12–28 Dec. After the ferry tickets it still comes out around 300 HK cheaper than the going rate at travel agents.
I’ll be trying to spend most of my time in Laos, and Cambodia, though I might not make it to all of them. To believe the Consular Information Sheets, I may not make it to any of them, but I have to take some risks in life. My ambitions for Singapore, Malaysia, and (maybe of maybes) Myanmar will have to wait.
I’ll be going to Thailand next week (different parts: BKK of course, but also the ancient capital of Ayutthaya and crass beach spot of Ko Chang) to celebrate the coincidence of an off-week for an off-weekly class and a Friday off for Lingnan’s graduation (for Spring 2006—I don’t get it either). And, I guess, Thanksgiving. I’m not sure how much turkey I’ll be able to track down in Thailand, but you’ll find out later.
For January, I’m planning a two-week-ish meandering land voyage—well, maybe a little airfare from Shenzhen if it stays cheap—through China with my incoming WVU friend (and future Lingnan exchange student), with destinations including but not limited to… well, Beijing. Anything else is gravy. Maybe if I’m lucky Yangshou won’t have browned out for the winter.
Maybe I’ll have time to sneak off in the weekend before classes start, too. Taipei? Hmm. I don’t know what I’ll be able to afford by then.
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