The first leg
Well I write this from an airplane somewhere between Singapore and Seoul. We have about 1.5 hours left to fly, the weather (?) is slightly bumpy, and I've watched two movies so far. The first was MIssion Impossible 3 - in my (humble) opinion, it was not as good as the first two. The second was Ice Age 2: Meltdown - again, not as good as the first one, but still good for a few chuckles along the way.
Starting to feel tired, athough it's only 2:30pm. And we have another 10 hours in the air once we depart from Seoul. It's starting to feel real, and I keep reminding Sonia that we are on holiday. I wonder if it's getting irritating yet? Like a school report card, "must try harder" ;-).
Dinner last night was at Bobby's rib place in Chijmes in Singapore. The second time we've eaten there together and my third. Introduced to the place by Mark S (now in Korea) - thanks Mark. A massive rack of pork ribs (yeah for pork!) called the "Steel City Rack" for me, and a Surf n' Turf (smaller rack plus two mammoth prawns - more like small crays) for Sonia. Pork ribs taste amazing after so long eating beef bacon and turkey ham.
Looking on the Tripadvisor website from the Singapore airline lounge to see what we should do in Vancouver. We will probably spend an afternoon in Stanley park, getting a little exercise. Then Granville Island as well. I looked at the reviews for Gastown, but they were generally along the lines of "too dangerous to get there, and once you're there the buildings look nice but not worth the trip". We may spend a day catching the train to Whistler (summer time so no snow) to have a look around. The train leaves Vancouver at 8:30am, and takes four hours - travels a max of 25 mph (less than 50kph). The bummer will be having to get up in time to get to the train by 8:30 in the morning - and when we are on holiday no less! Will also spend some time with Sonia's brother Paul. I suspect the three days will be filled up.
We do need to do washing - a lack of clean underwear will begin to threaten our social acceptability. The packs seem to be working ok, although the straps on mine have become a worry for putting it on the plane. We bought a cover and have entrusted it to the plane using that even though it's a bit on the big side. See how it's fared when we get off in Vancouver...
Starting to feel tired, athough it's only 2:30pm. And we have another 10 hours in the air once we depart from Seoul. It's starting to feel real, and I keep reminding Sonia that we are on holiday. I wonder if it's getting irritating yet? Like a school report card, "must try harder" ;-).
Dinner last night was at Bobby's rib place in Chijmes in Singapore. The second time we've eaten there together and my third. Introduced to the place by Mark S (now in Korea) - thanks Mark. A massive rack of pork ribs (yeah for pork!) called the "Steel City Rack" for me, and a Surf n' Turf (smaller rack plus two mammoth prawns - more like small crays) for Sonia. Pork ribs taste amazing after so long eating beef bacon and turkey ham.
Looking on the Tripadvisor website from the Singapore airline lounge to see what we should do in Vancouver. We will probably spend an afternoon in Stanley park, getting a little exercise. Then Granville Island as well. I looked at the reviews for Gastown, but they were generally along the lines of "too dangerous to get there, and once you're there the buildings look nice but not worth the trip". We may spend a day catching the train to Whistler (summer time so no snow) to have a look around. The train leaves Vancouver at 8:30am, and takes four hours - travels a max of 25 mph (less than 50kph). The bummer will be having to get up in time to get to the train by 8:30 in the morning - and when we are on holiday no less! Will also spend some time with Sonia's brother Paul. I suspect the three days will be filled up.
We do need to do washing - a lack of clean underwear will begin to threaten our social acceptability. The packs seem to be working ok, although the straps on mine have become a worry for putting it on the plane. We bought a cover and have entrusted it to the plane using that even though it's a bit on the big side. See how it's fared when we get off in Vancouver...
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