Thailand Bound
Itinerary has been confirmed. It's a good thing, because we're leaving tomorrow morning. Basic itinerary looks something like:
1) Depart Singapore on Tiger Airways (Oct 8th) and arrive in Bangkok.
2) Three nights at the Asha Guest House which (as far as I can tell) is in the Northern part of central Bangkok.
3) Depart Bangkok on Thai Airways (Oct 11th) and arrive in Krabi.
4) Spend three nights at the Emerald Garden Resort in Krabi province near Ao Nang beach.
5) Back home to Singapore on Tiger Airways (Oct 14th).
The flight home was a pretty sweet deal at a base fair of $14.99 / person (plus tax). All said and done though, all the flights and accommodation for the whole week cost around SGD$750 (which translates into about CDN$525 based on the current rates).
So you may not hear anything from us for the next week. We might throw a post up if we have a few minutes and find ourselves some Internet.
danandcarly.setBali( false );
For those of you who aren't programmers, or don't read English, the above title is quite indicative of the fact that our plane tickets to Bali, accommodation, cooking classes and all the rest of it have been cancelled.
As much as we'd like to head over to Bali, it doesn't seem to be the logical choice after Sunday nights bombings, not to mention all the riots and transport strikes due to the rising fuel prices (87-200% fuel price hike overnight - depending on where in Indonesia).
Today I spent most of the day looking at where in Thailand we'll go instead. Right now, it looks like the itinerary is gonna be a flight to Bangkok for a couple nights, then a flight down to Krabi for the rest of the week, and then back to Singapore. The itinerary can be inspected by Carly for final approval when she get's home from school.
So um, for everyone who reads this, "We're not in Bali, we're not going to Bali, so don't worry, we're alive"... etc. etc.
Til later...