Wanderlust

I know I shouldn't bitch in here but fuck.

I don't understand why somebody doesn't want to go on the Road To Mandalay with me. Even when I offered to pay. But then again, there are lots more that I don't understand and no, the offer is no longer valid. It's magical, the cruise.....

I'm glad I visited Vietnam in 2000. Of course, I'd like to see Vietnam again. Eat bun bo hue in Hue itself. Smoke lots of Dunhill and give more than half the pack to my cyclo driver. Get a haircut by a roadside barber again (maybe not). Check out Nha Trang again. Perhaps travel in slightly more comfort. But I'd want to do it in maybe 2010 or perhaps 2008, and be able to compare.

I'd want to go Myanmar now, and not in another five years time. Time is a cruel driver because it never goes back to the previous stops.

A couple of things hinder me now.....stuff like:

Should I go this year in Aug? Can my work schedule fit in?
How many days should I go? That is, on top of the 11 day cruise.....
How am I going to get through the socialising bits of the tour? How to explain my "lone ranger" self?
How am I going to be able to stand ang moh ah peks and ah mmms who will probably be turning pink under the heat and wearing the most garish of shirts featuring hibiscus and orchids loosely worn over khakis and bermudas. Straw hats are optional.

I can also go next year in July, probably to do some soul-searching which I think I will really start to do more of come next year, which unhappily is galloping towards me.

If anyone is interested, you can still sign up....I think the more i procrastinate....the more likely I'll be going only next year.