Early rise and off to the airport on way to Chiang Mai....as usual the buses are on schedule and all that but a new twist.....we dang near got lost in the airport!!!! Did not expect that takes a lot to get to the right terminal after getting off the bus....then to find the Thai Airways counter..bit of a signage issue...but we made it....enough time to spare to get to the Thai lounge. Asian airports are awesome at the end of the day. No stupid take your laptop ...

Hi AllOk I am a bit delayed and am trying to write this from a taxi going to Lungbau..where the elephants are....not sure bout the spelling but the pronunciation is okay after the 30th try (oh and its being posted delayed as no net connection in Chang Thai and was too tired in Chiang Mai).When we last left y'all Dave had bailed on me and I was going shopping with Darla and Shauna to Shenzhen. Shenzhen is really about shopping that is it. For those who don&#...

Hi All,So the jet lag got me tonight so here I sit typing at 4:00 am. Shauna is sleeping but I am wide awake and raring to go......we'll see how that goes at supper time...So to fill ya'll in we got to Hong Kong ok as stated before. Now if you haven't heard there is a wee bit of an issue going on these days with pigs and flu, if you haven't heard...you are dead...quit checking your email. I lost count of the "have fun in quarantine" jokes from...

Hi All,Welcome to the 2009 big ass blog for the Yamkovy's 2009 trip to Asia. You caqn ignor the first couple of post was trying to get the blog set up so I might repeat meself....oopsI meant to start this last night but no chance. I had a major blow out on my computer that I have been fighting for a week....strange one for a geek like me. At the end of the day the problem really caused greef trying to get stuff done in time Soooooo it really set me back on...

Hi HooooGot to Vancouver without incident. We even had a couple of hours to chill and look at the new international terminal, very nice....love the fish tank.   So we killed some time in th elounge then off to the plane that awaits.....Hong Kong next.