Saturday, June 30, 2007

Itinerary

I should be packing, but I don't know where to start, so I've come to procrastinate instead. I hate packing. I have to split my stuff into 5 categories: what I want to send home; what I want to take to Thailand; what I don't need for Thailand but I might want for Australia; what I can throw away; and what I don't want for myself by somebody else might want. I don't fly until Tuesday though, so it's not as urgent as it is for some. Kane and Eva are packing right now, as they leave tonight. I'm sure others are doing the same. I've kind of lost track of who's staying on for another year and who's leaving right now. There's also those like Christa who started a little later so don't finish for another month or so. Yesterday was a little strange. I was expecting it to be pretty fun, if a little sad, being the last day for many of us, but due to some rather unpleasant altercations that happened recently, there was an uncomfortable vibe in the office yesterday. For a bunch of people who've had to live and work and play together for a year, we've had remarkably few bust-ups. I guess people are feeling less inclined to hold back now that we're mostly going to be going our separate ways soon. 3 hours have past since I started writing this - I've spent most of the day round at Kane and Eva's while they've been packing - so it's clear I'm not going to get anything of my own sorted today. Here's my travel itinerary: July 3rd: Seoul - Bangkok (Thailand) July 21st: Bangkok - Phnom Penh (Cambodia) July 28th: Phnom Penh - Bangkok - Seoul Early August: Seoul - Australia (With a couple of weeks in: New Zealand) Sometime before Christmas: Australia - home It's a little vague in spots. We'll be in southern Thailand as Kd and Alicia have both done the north before, and since I haven't even looked at the travel books, I have no opinion either way. I don't know what's going on in Cambodia yet. Me and Kd are flying on Tuesday, with Alicia hopefully joing us on Thursday (she hasn't booked tickets still as she's been trying to organise a later trip to Ghana at the same time). I'll be flying back to Seoul solo, while the girls go on to Vietnam, and then me and Christa are going to Australia. Again, not exactly sure about all the arrangements there, although we will be visiting our friend Beth and staying at her parent's house for a while, and we're gonna try and hunt down Kane and Eva too, though they haven't yet decided what continent they want to live on.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Just thought I'd tap in while we wait for your phone call. Hope you managed to sort out all your packing (bet you missed me for that!).
Have seen and noted your itinerary:don't forget the postcards! Have a wonderful, wonderful time and we look forward to hearing all about your travels. Good luck and be safe!

Anonymous said...

Just in case anybody missed that - yes my mum packed his case before he left! oh dear.

Have a good trip little bro! Bring me back a boomerang.

Anonymous said...

Gareth, I did NOT pack Ryan's case before he left, I was just there to help with the sorting out and to give a helping hand!!

Anonymous said...

Gareth we packed your case on several occasions. However, you still refused to leave!!