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Asia 2010

Travel RE-Planning

Not too long ago I wrote a post about how my travel plans had shifted a bit in an attempt to skip Chinese New Year. Why would I want to skip this seemingly exciting holiday? Quite simply, it’s because of a lengthy period surrounding the big day called Chunyun, which Wikipedia refers to as “the […]

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Two Months to Go!

Exactly 2 months from today I’ll be enjoying a trans-Pacific flight with (hopefully) a taste of the spectacular service that Asian airlines are known for. Aside from figuring out what travel insurance I should get and fighting with my current dastardly health insurance over allowing me to get “vacation supplies” of my prescriptions for the […]

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Asia 2010

T-Minus 67 Days

I am a short 9.5 weeks away from boarding a 747 for my 2 months in Asia. In fact, on Thursday it will be 2 months to the day. It’s amazing to think how quickly this is approaching, as I began to plan this trip back in mid-July and it seemed so far away, yet […]

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Asia 2010

Travel Planning

I am really happy to announce that in a little over 5 months, I will be a world traveler again! My whole family will be going to Bhutan in late March, but I am planning to head to Bangkok about 6 weeks before them to get a good month and a half of backpacking in! […]