June 14, 2005 Archives

April 1st: Nagasaki, on the side of the hill to Glover's Garden.

April 11th: Hong Kong, pictures taken at the Wan Chai visa bureau of the PRC in HK.

April 20th: Hangzhou, in the morning on a boat on West Lake.

May 2nd: Hong Kong, at South Bay Beach in Island South.

May 11th: Saigon, with a captured American tank at the War Atrocities Museum.

May 20th: Guilin, mountains and water (and city).

May 31st: Kuala Lumpur, the customary landmark shot.

June 11th: Hong Kong, at the Dragon Boat Festival on Stanley's Main Beach.

I counted how much I spent. Close to 7000CAD, which is about what I had spent in Asia in 2002. The exchange rate is better now, and maybe I saved a lot by knowing how to spend my money in HK and how to get unexpensive lodging/travelling abroad. Japan itself was about 90,000 yen in spendings, plus 50,000 in transport, and 25,000 in lodging. Then four trips from HK averaging 2500HKD. For almost three months of travelling.

But what am I saying? I decided to extend my stay abroad. Since my family is going to Egypt in July, I've now decided to meet them there instead of staying home alone in Montreal. Well, screw summer in Mtl, it's only good a summer because it's not wet and actually sunny (plenty of that in the desert). No Fantasia this year, but who gives when I can purchase the VCD for 15HKD (when it's not pirated)? I miss the daily life dearly, and all my friends' stories which can only by told in a bi-monthly bulk with a minimum 24-hour lag.

The Egypt trip, so I've heard, is a three-week trek including a 10-day stay in resort city of Hurghada, a cruise on the Nile, Abu-Simbel, and the Pyramids (and dead monarchs). And scuba diving for the first time in 7 years?