Forty-three
hours til my plane leaves the tarmac. Still not 100% ready but with one final
push-through this evening I should be good to go.
Suffering
from major sleep deprivation. Worked today on 3.5 hours of sleep. I wish I
could say it was visions of sugar plums dancing in my head but unfortunately it
was a list of things I forgot to write down on my packing list. Of course,
between 1:00 AM and 4:30 AM I didn't get out of bed to actually write down any
of those items so time will tell if they were actual necessities or not.
Air
Canada sent notification that my itinerary has changed in my favour. Instead of
suffering through a 3-hour layover from Seattle to Vancouver on the way home it
looks as if I now get to fly direct! That is the best news ever. Seattle is oh
so close to Vancouver that you can almost taste and smell home and feel how
comfy your own bed will feel after 30 days in beds that I bet will be nowhere
near as comfortable. To have to waste away 3 hours in an airport that takes 3
hours to drive the distance is never that great when all you want to do is get
home. Now, I leave Tokyo at 7:00 PM on Saturday, January 18 and I arrive in
Vancouver at 11:00 AM on Saturday, January 18. Getting home eight hours before
I left isn't too shabby for a 10-hour flight.
The
big bonus is I just found out that I am allowed TWO bags at 50 lbs each. What
to do, what to do? As it stands, my one suitcase weighs in at 32 lbs. I figure
that what I have left to pack surely won't weigh 8 lbs. Hmmm... That means I
can s-h-o-p more than I had planned in Thailand. It also means I can pack a few
more warm clothes for Japan as I will be packing for two seasons: scorching
temps (Bangkok temps are supposed to feel like 45 C. (113 F.) tomorrow in the
rain!) and Tokyo weather is similar to Vancouver weather: currently a daily
high of 11 C. (56 F.) and probably rainy.
Question
is, do I take a 2nd bag from here or buy a cheap one in Bangkok? When I traveled to New York I took an empty MEC duffel bag in the bottom of my
suitcase. Trying to decide if I should do that again but think I'll get on a
Trip Advisor forum and pose the question. I definitely don't need to buy
another piece of luggage but if I could pick one up cheaply maybe that's the
way to go. Bangkok airways allows 70 lbs within Thailand so I'll be doing
pretty good with the one bag.
It
pays to read the fine print!
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