Hansel... so hot right now

Before knocking out an itinerary I figured it was best to organise my flights as that would be the main budget ball-kicker so I set about seeing how much various flights would set me back. Whilst doing this one of my buddies suggested looking at an Asian Airpass which would stop in all the destinations I wanted to visit but at a lower cost.

I checked it out and the airpass did seem very appealing and more importantly cost effective but there were certain rules/restrictions which had to be abided by and they were as follows;

1. South East Asia: Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Brunei, Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos


2. North Asia: Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China


3. South West Pacific: New Zealand, Australia


4. Journey must include travel to all these areas and only one crossing permitted between the following areas:

*South-West Pacific - North Asia
*South-West Pacific - South East Asia
*North Asia - South East Asia

1. Travel must commence from and return to the same country


2. All sectors up to and including first international sector have to be confirmed at least 7 days prior to departure.


3. Certain booking classes apply.


4. Maximum of 18 sectors permitted


5. Three day minimum stay.


6. Maximum stay six months.


7. Minimum of two stopovers required, but only one per city permitted.

Nothing too overboard and figured I could abide by the rules and would get the tickets and re-arrange flights if needed while I was over there.

Now here's what my vision of my holiday looked like...

Australia - Japan: A couple of days sipping on sake and using panty vending machines (you crazy Japanese!) would be a nice start to the holiday. Japan is notoriously expensive but I figured I could afford to break my budget here and make it up later.

Japan - Hong Kong: Hell why not get the two most expensive destinations out of the way, I'd always wanted to see Hong Kong and with the opening of Disneyland I now had the opportunity to realise my dream of kicking Donald Duck in the balls.

Hong Kong - Thailand: I've heard many mixed reports of Thailand, some tell me it's beautiful and I won't want to leave whilst others rant about the pollution and the backpacker zoo that it's become. Not sure who to believe but I'm a big table tennis fan and I hear some of the girls (well ok there orifices) play a mean game of ping pong...Game On!

Thailand - Philippines: I never hear much about the Philippines as a travel destination but from what I read some of the islands were very nice and lazing around on a nice beach somewhere sounded very appealing.

Philippines - Singapore: I really enjoy Singapore, sure the place is a bustling modernized destination with beer prices that stop major organs but the people are friendly and I have a drinking buddy there that I'm trying to swoon.

Singapore - Bali: Despite the recent bombings in Bali I will be visiting and figured surviving a Bali taxi ride meant me and lady luck were going steady so I'd take my chances.

Then of course was the dreaded return to home but we won't dwell on that, now these rough plans ended up changing but we'll leave that to the next update as I have a date with the playstation.

Cheers & Beers!