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Published: August 9th 2007
Up and away flying Edmonton-Vancouver-Osaka Japan-Bangkok-Chengdu China.
Unfortunately...a 42 hour trip with only 20 hours of them in the air...that's what you get for flying with Aeroplan eh? (routing was also partially my fault as I wanted to go via Bangkok).
Learnt how to play Sudoku under the watchful eyes of a Japanese high school teacher...he tutted away correcting all my nieve errors on even the most beginner level game. We flew very close alongside the beautiful and snow capped Mt. Fuji. I left the Osaka airport for a few hours to delve into Japanese nightlife along the beach where families and friends were gathering for BBQs. In Bangkok airport I refreshed myself with a Thai coffee, mango sticky rice and spicy pad thai.
Air Canada mislabelled my bags in Edmonton airport so my panniers went astray in Bangkok and didn't arrive in Chengdu until a couple of days later. Luckily my bike arrived safe and sound. A few tense moments as I was deciding to replace ALL my cycling gear assuming that my panniers were permanently lost and I would need to set out on the trip soon. I was compensated with a nice new green dress courtesy of the airlines.
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zhong
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how about chengdu?
how about your travel in china? chengdu is famous for its food. it is very hot but yam. i think the weather in chengdu is very hot too. anyway, traveling in another country the most important thing is safty. tomorrow i will begin my two years accounting program at nait. I hope I can success also. take care zhong