Finally decided to make this trip! After waiting for almost 13 years, stars are finally lining up well. I've been collecting my Aeroplan for 11 years for only one purpose... to someday go to Asia in Business Class. So I got all my flights booked. Departing on February 12, 2009 at 0700h from YOW (Ottawa) to ORD (Chicago), then it's onward to Narita (NRT) Japan and finally Saigon (SGN), or Ho Chi Minh city, arriving on Friday the 13th at 2300h. Trip back is on March, Friday the 13th at 1155h and ariving in YOW at 1613h on the Saturday. Total travel time is 29 hours out and 28 hours coming back. I am really excited to go there but having a Business Class seats for every leg of the trip is really cool too!
What started as just surfing on the web for fun will end up being my next trip, Vietnam. I still can't believe I am taking so much time off from work but this feel like the right time to do this. Losing so much money in these stupid RRSPs and the stock market made me realize that even if I manage to put money away, some idiot somewhere will come up with very creative ways to make me poorer and himself richer. This time I will spend it. Screw them!
A few weeks after deciding to go to Vietnam, I met a Vietnamese woman on a website. If you know me, you know that I am not one of those who spend countless hours on the web trying to meet people. I live alone and have no problem with that. I have very good friends and that's what I care about. Back to that new friend. So I met her and started to chat now and then. Since then, we have became good friends and I am learning a lot about life in Saigon. We take so much for granted here... Her name is Thao and she is a very nice and caring person. She comes from Vung Tau which is on the ocean, south of Saigon. Vung Tau is know for it's beaches. Thao will be my guide for the the south Vietnam part of my trip! How cool is that!
