Here we go!

Onward and upward to Vancouver. Trip starts on a high note - we got the side of the airport with Jugo Juice. Score!

What's this? An empty seat on a full plane on the 13 hour leg of the trip? I'm in leg room heaven!

Let's take a sidebar with my thoughts for dealing with jet lag. Our final flight is scheduled to land in HCMC at 22:05 local time and the theory is, if I don't sleep at all on any of these flights, I will sleep like a baby at the right time in Vietnam, and bam, I am off to the races in the morning. The following photograph is a nightmare for the sleep deprived.

Sweet baby Jesus, nooooo!


NB Chasing a hyperactive United Airlines agent around the Hong Kong airport for 3 and a half hours is not recommended for those lacking in the sleep department.

Looks like we'll be spending the night at the Shatin Hyatt. After a 30 min bus ride that felt like 2 minutes (I thought dreams slow down time ala Inception, but I digress), we arrive at the first, albeit unplanned stop of our travels. TBC