a couple days after i have
landed back home from Osaka
it’s about time to
plan for our first/last/only
mainland trip of the year
randomly checking AirAsia
and was forced to
download the app
as i can’t even find the icon
to skip this ad
so i did but
the promo code didn’t work
so i got my friend to download
and she did and it worked fine
so i re-downloaded
and finalized two destinations
Hangzhou / Shantou
we have been to
Hangzhou during spring 2014
a day trip from Shanghai
and would definitely like to go again
but it seems that late autumn
is not really an ideal season
being 100% tropics
it would be safer to head south instead
have been to Shantou / Chaozhou
last autumn via Shenzhen
and soon after we were back
they launched this direct flight
to Shantou / Chaozhou
we are therefore planning to
land at this airport as
our transit to other cities via
the high speed rail network
so i did the booking on Sunday night
being the first time
i booked via the app
as i have been sticking to desktop
so basically it didn’t take long
Saturday – first check
Sunday – tickets booked
Tuesday – visa application
and for the next few days
we had some serious discussion
on our itinerary as
we booked
with the aim to cross province
yet with no destination in mind
Day 1
transport / city planning
Day 2
added details in terms of
time and distance estimation
Day 3
tentative plan
i think my dad has been
getting a bit too ambitious
for wanting to cover
so many cities
it’s almost like
one night per city
and he even wanted to add
our hometown into the
already packed itinerary
in the mean time
i have been scouting for hotels
so that once the plan is in shape
i can book them all immediately
anyway it’s a short count down
3 weeks down the road