I've left cold Montreal for my second trip to Asia this year... Am stuck in Vancouver already with an Air Canada plane delay... I don't even know where I'm spending the night, Bangkok or Hong Kong! But hey, travel delays are part of life now... As long as my luggage makes it, I can live with delays. But of course I've already packed just as if my luggage wasn't going to make it - Malorone, dive computer and bikini in my cabin bag. Just in case.
Vini has started a blog here.
For now, I am *just* trying to get there!
The team a few days ago, still in the cold and stress:
A few days until the Amazing Race
06/03/07
Greetings from Bangkok!
I wonder if the rest of the group made it; last I heard, they had to drive down to New York City instead of flying because all flights were cancelled due to a blizzard. Then they would catch their super-long flight to Singapore. Strange, because when I left Montreal on the same day, it was nice and clear. So in the end we are all delayed!!!
Well after my 9 hour delay in Vancouver and an unexpected dinner out there, the saga continues. We landed in Hong Kong at 3 o clock in the morning and I had to sit around until 7 am in an empty huge airport. I got the first flight out of Hong Kong to Bangkok. Then, guess what? NO LUGGAGE IN BANGKOK! Yay! My usual luck!!! I don't even get upset anymore, I am just full of joy when it doesn't happen; hence with a big sigh of resignation I headed towards the Thai Airways lost luggage department.
So the very nice and professionnal guy at Thai Airways tells me that he can forward the two pieces separately - the square luggage to Phuket (and I gave him the address of our Khao Lak resort) and the backpack to Saigon. There are two other flights from Hong Kong before I leave for Saigon so hopefully one of them will have my stuff on it. The most likely explanation is that they never made the connection in a sleepy Hong Kong airport at 3 o'clock in the morning. However, if they got stuck in Vancouver, then they may not make it till tomorrow; at which point hopefully they will make to me in Saigon. This makes me a very seasoned traveller, I suppose.
The only ticket left on Thai (because I wouldn't trust Vietnam airways - on whose ticketing counter it says to call downtown, or Air Asia, notorious for charging extra for freight) was business and since I've got close to 5 hours to kill I figure that the extra 3000 baht was worthwhile to get free food, free internet and a comfortable lounge access. Anyways it was better to get a ticket than a place on standby, so I ain't complaining.
I can't even begin to imagine the state of my hair - Eugh! Thank God I do not have a B.O problem thanks to my Vietnamese genes.
So wish me luck and a happy reunion with my two favourite pieces of luggage, somewhere in Asia. May the God of Thai Airways be with me, since I hit the wrath of the God of Air Canada!!!
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