Friday, October 2, 2009

the best laid plans...

On Wednesday, our trip plans fell apart. On Thursday, we pieced them back together. Today, they crumbled again.

Dear Typhoons Ketsana and Parma,

Is now really the time for all your nonsense?

We had planned to fly in to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on Sunday and spend one week working our way up the coast by rail, visiting lovely scenic beach towns, and ending in Hanoi where we'd catch a flight into Luang Prabang, Laos.

Ketsana put central Vietnam underwater and the South-North trains are out of commission at the moment.

The modified plan as of this afternoon is to fly into HCMC, spend a few days there, and buy a cheap flight to Hanoi in time to catch our flight to Laos.

However, the tropical storm left over after Typhoon Parma has hit the Philippines could potentially ground flights in Vietnam.

We're praying this doesn't happen, and you should too!

My stress levels in the last two days have probably shaved six months off my lifespan. I'm a worrier - what can I say?

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