Showing posts with label TRAVEL PLANNING. Show all posts
Showing posts with label TRAVEL PLANNING. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

TRIP TO ASIA AND BLOGGING

I DON'T KNOW HOW EVERYONE DOES IT WITH THE SIMULTANEOUS TRAVELING WHILE BLOGGING.  I CAN'T SEEM TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN AS THERE ARE NOT REALLY ANY DOWNTIME FOR ME.  

I GOT THE ASUS TF700 FOR THIS PURPOSE OF BEING ABLE TO BLOG AND EDIT PHOTOS  DIDN'T PLAN OUT THE TIME NEEDED TO POST!

BEEN TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH FACEBOOK PHOTO AND STATUS POSTING AND IT HAS BEEN A 85% FAIL!  AFTER GETTING BACK TO HOTEL FROM LONG DAYS, I WOULD EDIT DOWN PHOTOS AND LOAD THEM INTO MY HAND HELD EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE TO MAKE MORE ROOM FOR MY 8GB SD CARD.  AND THEN THE NEXT DAY WOULD BE THE SAME CYCLE.  ANY TIPS FOR BLOGGING WHILE TRAVELING?

THERE ARE LOTS OF POST TRIP POSTINGS THAT I CAN'T WAIT TO SHARE, BOTH VISUALLY AND COMMENTARY WISE.

APOLOGIES TO  BLOGGERS FROM ABROAD THAT I PROMISED TO TOUCH BASE WITH WHILE IN HONG KONG AND THAILAND.  THAT DID NOT WORK OUT AS I WAS STRUGGLING TO KEEP MY EYES SHUT WHILE DINING WITH NEWLY MET FAMILY FRIENDS THERE.

HOPING TO EXCHANGE SOME INSIGHTS WITH YA'LL BLOGGERS SOON!

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

2013 09 03 NEW TRIP PLANS TO ASIA

SO ITS OFFICIAL.
JUST BOOKED MY FLIGHT TO ASIA FOR LATE OCTOBER AND I AM STOKED! PASSPORT IS GOOD THROUGH 2015, SO BETTER MAKE SOME USE OF IT NOW.
EVEN THOUGH I HAVE NEVER OFFICIALLY TRIED AIRBNB, I MAY HAVE TO ACTUALLY TRY TO GO THROUGH THEM THIS TIME AND HOPEFULLY BE SUCCESSFUL! 

THIS WILL BE MY SECOND TRIP TO ASIA AND HAPPY TO NOTE THAT I WILL BE VISITING NEW COUNTRIES IN ASIA.  WHERE AM I GOING?  HONG KONG AND MAYBE THAILAND!

THE LAST TIME I WAS IN ASIA, I VISITED MAINLAND, CHINA THROUGH A TRAVEL AGENCY TOUR GROUP.  THEY HELPED WITH MY VISA.  THANK GOODNESS A VISA IS NOT NEEDED IN HONG KONG NOR THAILAND.  CHINA IS RUNNING SOME $99 TOUR/DEAL PROMOTIONS WHERE HOTEL, FOOD, TRANSPORTATION AND TOUR GUIDE ARE PROVIDED.  BUT I FIGURED, ITS TIME TO HIT SOME NEW "HAPPENING" AREAS.

TOOK A FEW DAYS TO COMPARE FLIGHTS AND THROUGH A FAMILY FRIEND, RECOMMENDED A TRAVEL AGENT.  I WAS SUGGESTED TO ASK FOR THE "BULK RATE" WHEN SPEAKING TO THIS TRAVEL AGENT IF I DID NOT CARE TO COLLECT REWARD POINTS.   I ALSO NOTICED THAT YOU CAN ALSO HAGGLE WITH THEM TOO! ABLE TO KNOCK OF $42 OFF A TICKET COMPARED WITH WHAT I WAS SEEING ONLINE.  FLYING UNITED AIR.    SEARCHING THIS FLIGHT 50 DAYS BEFORE THE FLIGHT DATE AND THE CURRENT RUNNING PRICE FOR THIS PRICE IS $1112 PER TICKET ON THE UNITED AIR SITE.

ALSO REMEMBERED THAT I STILL HAVE THIS UNIVERSAL POWER PLUG ADAPTER THAT I BOUGHT FOR MY SPAIN TRIP.  HOPEFULLY I CAN STILL USE THIS UNIVERSAL ELECTRIC PLUG IN HONG KONG AND THAILAND!