DAY OF DEPARTURE

The day has arrived. Vacation is about to start. Jill and I leave tonight on a flight at 8pm headed for San Francisco, where we'll then take our first big leap off the western edge of North America.

REMEMBER - korynasz@hotmail.com or korynasz@yahoo.com is how to get a hold of us. We'll be checking email regularly.

Here's the itenerary specifically for all of you who care to know:

08 AUG 03 - Friday
Alaska Airlines/Horizon Air Flt. 2439
LV Portland, OR 800P
AR San Francisco, CA 950P

09 AUG 03 - Saturday
Cathay Pacific Flt. 873
LV San Francisco, CA 130A

10 AUG 03 - Sunday
AR Hong Kong 630A

Cathay Pacific Flt. 713
LV Hong Kong 855A
AR Bangkok 1030A
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28 AUG 03 - Thursday
Cathay Pacific Flt. 700
LV Bangkok 835A
AR Hong Kong 1235P

30 AUG 03 - Saturday
Cathay Pacific Flt. 872
LV Hong Kong 415P
AR San Francisco 145P

Alaska Airlines/Horizon Air Flt. 2438
LV San Francisco 410P
AR Portland 600P
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There you have it. We don't know where all we'll be staying in Thailand yet, but we do have confirmed reservations in Hong Kong:
Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel & Towers
20 Nathan Road
Kowloon
Phone: 852-2369-1111

We'll be staying there for two nights, Aug 28th and 29th. We wouldn't ordinarily stay in a place that fancy, but Hong Kong hotels are running incredible specials right now so why not bump up a notch and live a little, right?

Well, we promise all you worry-warts out there that we'll be very careful in our travels. I realize Jakarta, Indonesia was bombed recently, but it's a long ways from there to Thailand AND Thailand is far more diverse, democratic and socially stable than Indonesia could ever dream of being. Not only that, but Thailand takes its tourism industry (it's biggest economic asset, by far) VERY seriously, and as such, spends heavily on security and law enforcement to keep Thailand safe, thus keeping its travel reputation safe.

Just remember: the most dangerous thing in ANY country is the transportation system and infrastructure. Thailand has a very good transportation system; Hong Kong has one of the world's finest. Therefore, we're statisically much safer in Thailand & Hong Kong than we were in Guatemala both times.

I'll be blogging on this site occasionally to let you know where we are and what we're doing. I did indeed buy a digital camera (Minolta Dimage s414), so I'll try my best to post photos in "real-time" as we travel.

So, until we arrive on the other side of this little planet of ours, God bless.