hk coming soon
december 22, 2007
words cannot really tell you how badly i've been itching to travel again. ever since the beginning of DOMO, funds have not been readily available for travel. i did visit nyc in oct 2006 for a friend's wedding and then went to san francisco twice this year in january and may to visit my sister (and friends). as great as it was to get away from the humdrum of life here in little ole suburbia los angeles, it's not the kind that jolts you into a cataclysmic awareness of being a traveler.
now that DOMO is nearing completion (and i swear to write about that soon), i've been thinking about travel plans for 2008. it's hard to fathom i haven't been to hawai'i in over 2 years *gasp* and the last time i went to hong kong was nearly 4 years ago! i can feel it slowly wearing at my spirit. i think i was born to be a traveler and to spread my wings when i'm abroad.
so i initially had plans to go back to hong kong in september of 2008 to visit TGILW's family and my own extended family and then head to korea or osaka. i figured plane tickets won't be as crazy after the beijing olympics and we will be there in time for my mother in law's 70th birthday. but as of a few days ago, it looks like our trip will be pushed up to february instead. =:o wait...what was THAT? god, i hate when things change like this.
not that february is a bad thing for hong kong because the weather will be MUCH nicer than september, airline tickets will be cheaper and there is more time to spend w/ the family as it's chinese new year. BUT and here's the BIG BUT....i was planning to go to hawai'i during that same time with my brother, sil and nieces! argh! i hate when people throw wrenches into my plans!
it looks like i will probably be back in hong kong during chinese new year (when goddamn nothing is freaking opened!!!) and spend about 10 days there and hopefully, i can find some decent tickets to fly to hawai'i directly from hong kong to meet up with my brother and family. but so far everything i've found, i would need to sell my kidney to afford. it would be much much much cheaper to fly back to LA and then fly to hawai'i. ideally of course if we could fly to hawai'i from hong kong, it would be a much shorter flight and it would a good respite from the stresses of the in-laws right?
of course i've already threatened TGILW to not tell his brothers we're going to hawai'i because we ALLLLLLLLLLL know what happened back in 2004 right? wait, you forgot?! grrrrrrrrrr.
anyway, TGILW has given me an option to go back or not because he knows i'm not really that into hanging out with my sister in laws over there. wait, let me rephrase that....i just don't like hanging out with my sister in laws in the presence of my mother and father in laws because they are each one of their favorites and i'm....chopped liver. no no no it's not jealousy...it's just so lame how they brown nose and my in laws lap it all up. :p i'm so not that type of girl.
ok how did i segue into that topic? and damn, i should grow up huh?
well i would love to go back of course because i've been dying to take my camera with me and shoot hong kong pics and hang out with my camera buff uncle three! since he's a canon-ite, he can teach me many things with his 30+ years behind the lens. but mainly of course he's my fave uncle and i don't have too many extended family members that i'm close to anymore.
^ photo sent to us in his christmas card. taken on some photo trip in november
to some remote village in guangzhou. not bad for an 83 year old huh?
so yeah i've been a bit stressed thinking about travel plans and logistics and timing and everything else. coordination is key and thank goodness i'm organized. but we haven't decided which island to visit yet....big island, maui, kauai and then a few days in oahu on my own to see friends? any suggestions which island is best for travel in mid-late feb with family and small nieces (heh)? and does anyone have a good place to buy tickets from? any assistance would be much appreciated! please email me!
i really am looking forward to traveling to hong kong again though in spite of any in-laws drama. this would be my first time traveling with a dslr and there's so much i want to see, eat, shop and i wanna capture it all! and ok, it would be nice to see the in laws again. they are good people afterall....just different from my very americanized self.
and did i mention my passport is expired? ugh!!
currently listening to: faye wong, faye best cd
