Melbourne via Shanghai

[annwfyn]

*does her happy dance*

I did it!

Myself and pierot are now booked to fly out of London Heathrow on June 28th at 21.00. We arrive in Shanghai 15.45 local time, and then have a 28 hour stopover, with accomodation provided by the airline as part of the package as it is an enforced stopover. Our visas get sorted by the airlines as well, so we should be able to wander into Shanghai and have a look around.

We then fly on to Melbourne, arriving July 1st at 7.00. We'll be there for two weeks, arriving home on July 16th.

The flights, including tax, and the hotel in Shanghai cost a total of £600 per person.

I feel wonderful. My future is increasingly becoming a good thing and a thing to look forward to instead of worry about.

In geeky news - pierot also brought happiness to my life last night by running a random weird rpg in which we all played old or familiar PCs and had them yanked into the same world. ksirafai played her Malkavian Anti. wildrogue played her 7th Sea Fate Witch. vilenspotens played his spelljammer elven paladin and I played Ekaterina Decados - stroppy Decados bint - because she seemed a little less evil than my old Brujah.

It worked alarmingly well but did get me thinking about the extent to which characters...and I guess people...are products of their environment.

Ekaterina was originally a PC, then an NPC, in a couple of Fading Suns games. In her original incarnation she was a very rich, very spoilt noble, related to a lot of very important aristrocratic figures in the Fading Suns world. Take her out of that world - put her in a world where the word 'Decados' means nothing, where she has no resources in terms of status or money, where there are no preconceptions and she changed. Definitely. Quite dramatically. A lot of the more spoilt mannerisms had to fall away. A lot of the snarling at the world had to go, because this wasn't a world which actually was going to respond. There weren't the preconceptions to play up to. It was very strange.

jez says he may run again if he gets everyone together. I'll just sit here writing Ekaterina tatty prose while he talks about it.

Comments

[headinclouds.livejournal.com]

Hurrah for random trips to the other side of the world!
Enjoy, and think of poor little me stuck in Scotland working, due to having used up all her holidays on being off sick.

*grump*

[annwfyn.livejournal.com]

One day I'm going to stick you in my suitcase and carry you away with me!

[headinclouds.livejournal.com]

Nice plan, I approve. :)

And maybe one day when I have a shiny, new (and reliable) bike, I should stick you on the back of it and we could vanish off somewhere random.

[red-phil.livejournal.com]

Can I come too?

[headinclouds.livejournal.com]

Yeah, you can carry all the bags. ;)

[vulgarcriminal.livejournal.com]

Hey doll, it seems trite but I hope you feel better! :)

[hildekitten.livejournal.com]

I'm jealous you know :)
Wish I was going on a trip to another continent :(
How are you feeling today hon?

[ksirafai.livejournal.com]

Heh... writing up Nemain's background, existence IC and main ways of acting, reacting and surviving intact has been my day so far. :P

on the bright side, I think, being in a real world that's closest to what Nem knows means she doesn't have to change much more than accepting that people who aren't Sabbat may have to be pack for a bit.

It's quite nifty... :)

[becky-spence.livejournal.com]

£600 is a _superb_ deal for such a long holiday! Wherever did you manage to find it??

And glad to hear things are looking up so well :)

[annwfyn.livejournal.com]

Well, we're staying with some friends of pierot in Melbourne, and then will need to find money for side trips and spending etc. I reckon we'll end up spending a bit closer to £1000 per person overall, but the flights were a fairly good deal, esp as they do include the Shanghai hotel because it's an enforced stopover.

And as for flights in general - www.cheapflights.co.uk are one of my addictions in life. Many wonderous things can be found somewhere. BTW - are you still planning on going to Belize? My li'l sis used to work out there - she was there for four months I think - and I could put you in touch if you've got questions?

[becky-spence.livejournal.com]

Belize is still going ahead, yep :) Flights are booked now and everything....

So yes, putting in touch could be very helpful, thank you!

[cairmen.livejournal.com]

Whoa. Ph34r Sally's l337 travel-booking abilities.

I'd like to know how you managed that too. Although, to be fair, in my case I'd probably skip the Australia bit and just stay in Shanghai...

[annwfyn.livejournal.com]

www.cheapflights.co.uk and I found a link from there. I am flying via China Eastern which might be tied together with bits of string, to be fair, and are taking FAR longer than is technically needed.

[skinny-cartman.livejournal.com]

£600 ? only £600 fuck thats good..

*wishes he could afford a holiday infact wishes he could afford pretty much anything*

[omentide.livejournal.com]

I feel mildly envious. Our is planned rather than paid for. Must fill in AL application form forthwith.

Hope you're feeling less sore.

[annwfyn.livejournal.com]

I don't know if Ryan passed this on to you, but if you want to chat about operation stuff - feel free to give me a call.

Shanghaied

[melsner.livejournal.com]

Have fun, dearie.

Be careful that the pilots don't jump out of the plane, leaving you with just chickens.

Although Sally and Jez in "Temple of Doom" is a mildly amusing thought. And you're the archeologist, so I think that makes Jez either the pretty lounge singer or Short Round.

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

I'm envious :p

And I tried to leave you a message on your mobile - give me a call any time over Easter, basically, if you want to chat about stuff.

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

When you're in Shanghai, say Hi to xambrius for me, please.
That's not a bad price at all and the stopover in Shanghai at a hotel should provide a nice break.