June 2010
18 posts
Dear Tumblr
I hate your formatting when it comes to email posts.
How to Survive in Haikou (from someone who is...
- Tip #1 - pack really, really light clothing. And I mean *light*, because Haikou is hot and humid, the combo no one wants. Sorta like Houston in the middle of summer, or Phoenix in the summer except much, much wetter. When you sweat, it *sticks to you.* Makes you want to take a shower two or three times a day. I recommend going to a sports/outdoors store and getting clothes there for the day. Or...
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Haikou
Finally here…as I suspected, Tumblr’s blocked from China. It is a blogging service, after all. *sighs* Unfortunately, I don’t have an adapter for HK outlets, which makes me wonder why plugs/outlets aren’t the same everywhere. It was raining in Hong Kong when we left at 11:45, and we arrived in Haikou at 1…and was subjected to 34 C heat! The immigration area and...
HEY GUYS! I’m in Hong Kong NOW and holy crap, 18 hour stay here, next flight out to Haikou isn’t until 11:45 AM tomorrow (10 pm). 14 hour trip. I hate long trips. But oh my god, the plane was amazing. It’s a Boeing 777-300ER… 9 to a row in economy but business and first class have it awesome - their seats are also beds. Not bad in eco, though, I got free booze (the...
LAX DOESN’T HAVE FREE WIFI
@ LAX…the city of angels never looked better.
At the airport!
I’m at the airport!! 5:50 AM and it’s pretty much empty at this point. Flight doesn’t go out until 7:50 AM, waiting at gate E9 at IAH…
I didn’t sleep much last night. Woke up really groggy - I think I only had around 2-3 hours of sleep, unfortunately. Too nervous. Also worried a little about Matt’s sunburn. He was orange all over, but I think it was worth it -...
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8 hours until I leave.
Doing final prep for the trip
Checking departure times
Last minute packing of stuff (we have a lot to bring)
Making sure I transferred my 50GB music library to my laptop
Saying sayonara to everybody…especially my boyfriend.
If anybody wants to follow my flight, I’ll be on Continental flight 0052, at 7:50 AM CST…then Cathay Pacific 885.
Here’s the FlightAware Live...
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Itinerary
Monday June 7th
Houston to LAX at 7:45AM CST
LAX to HK at 1:05PM PST
Tuesday June 8th
Arrive at HK at 6:45PM +8 (5:45AM in Houston)
Wednesday June 9th
HK to Haikou at 11:45AM +8 (10:45PM in Houston)
Yes, that’s right. 6pm to 11am = 18 hour turnover at HK. I’ll definitely have my computer up and running, that’s for sure.
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