In other words... here we go! A plan has fallen into place and I have one more day of preparation before I embark on this journey. Hopefully the snow will cooperate and shortly I'll find myself hurling towards Hong Kong. Why start in Hong Kong? Two words: dim sum. Hong Kong is the perfect gateway to Asia and part of that perfectness is the food! I plan on discovering what apparently is the most incredible dim sum place on the face of the planet. With wait times that reach into the hours, how bad could it be? I plan to find out.
After Hong Kong, I'll be meeting up with some friends to explore Vietnam. Hopefully this time, I won't be playing the "dodge the typhoon" game with Mother Nature. I suffered a major defeat during three rounds of play over a 10 day period in the Fall of 2009 with me not having seen Vietnam's central coast. It seems as though this time of year is the off season for dodging typhoons, so I'm planning a sweet victory. The victory will be celebrated with a visit to the UNESCO World Heritage sight of Ha Long Bay and continuing down the coast via train to Hue, Hoi An and then for some relaxing and winter erasing on a yet to be determined beach.
From Vietnam the plan is to fly solo for a little while and is a little more fluid but I have high hopes for visiting the temples of Angkor in Cambodia and perhaps Battambang and Phnom Penh. From there, I'll head to Bangkok to meet up with another friend to explore central and northern Thailand including Katchanaburi, Ayuthaya and hopefully cooking classes in Chiang Mai. We'll continue into Lao to see Luang Prabang and the "4,000 Lakes" as well as the endangered Irrawaddy dolphins in the Mekong delta in southern Lao. In the end we'll find ourselves once again in Bangkok, Thailand for very likely a much needed luxury shower and a slumber in a plush hotel bed and a feast at the MBK mall food court!
I'll try my very best to post as often as I can and hopefully if I manage to figure out how, I'll even post with pictures! And yes, for those who know me, there will be food pictures! Now sit back, relax and enjoy the ride.
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