Dobro jutro, 2013!!
That's right, some of you know who I'm talking to. I'm coming for you later this year!
This is Day 2 of my attempted weekend getaway to Parque Nacional Cotopaxi, Ecuador. Each of the flights out of PDX have been too oversold to accept standby passengers. China is my backup plan.
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| Climbing Mt. Cotopaxi is my first choice, but mountain biking through the volcanic national park might be a good fallback if I run out of weekend in Ecuador. Although I plan my own tours, thanks to http://mundo-nativo.ch for this photo! |
En route to the actual South American adventure, I could use my Galaxy Tab to knock out so many projects during the plane/bus/van rides: my three full-length sermons for February, the student ministry teaching for next week, a few more credentialing book reports, and a Warner Pacific Alumni Council meeting agenda for Homecoming weekend.
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Yet another flight has departed this morning without open seats. Beijing, China is looking more and more appealing. There are open Business Elite seats on our Tokyo flight, tonight's connection to Beijing, and the return trip on Tuesday or Thursday. My pre-approved "emergency" Delta vacation days (a backup for getting stuck in Quito, Ecuador this weekend) could stay on the books. Since the additional days fall on Kathy's and my scheduled workweek, childcare for baby Lena is already covered.
The unknowns about Beijing: Conflicting information about the January 1st kickoff of China's new 72 hour visa waiver program... and pretty much everything else. I accidentally fell asleep last night without doing a lick of research on Beijing, so I'd better start downloading some free maps and guidebook samples to my tablet ASAP!
The list of travel time busywork (above) excluded the biggest thing of interest to our readers: new BlogSpot posts for 2013! Blogging about some of my unmentioned 2012 overseas trips should keep me busy for a while.
Whatever happens on my trip this weekend, I'll make sure to publish a post or two next week to kick off a new year of Garth's Blog!
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Yet another flight has departed this morning without open seats. Beijing, China is looking more and more appealing. There are open Business Elite seats on our Tokyo flight, tonight's connection to Beijing, and the return trip on Tuesday or Thursday. My pre-approved "emergency" Delta vacation days (a backup for getting stuck in Quito, Ecuador this weekend) could stay on the books. Since the additional days fall on Kathy's and my scheduled workweek, childcare for baby Lena is already covered.
The unknowns about Beijing: Conflicting information about the January 1st kickoff of China's new 72 hour visa waiver program... and pretty much everything else. I accidentally fell asleep last night without doing a lick of research on Beijing, so I'd better start downloading some free maps and guidebook samples to my tablet ASAP!
10:22 a.m. update:
My original itinerary to Ecuador has been scrubbed. I'm now listed for today's flight to Beijing, via Tokyo. Clarification on that 72 hour visa for China still needs to happen, though. Even when improvising, breaking international law is never on the agenda.The list of travel time busywork (above) excluded the biggest thing of interest to our readers: new BlogSpot posts for 2013! Blogging about some of my unmentioned 2012 overseas trips should keep me busy for a while.
Whatever happens on my trip this weekend, I'll make sure to publish a post or two next week to kick off a new year of Garth's Blog!
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