Wednesday, May 8, 2013

I Live a Boring Life

Nothing much going on. My niece Robin and her partner George from Alberta were up for a visit. They had just returned from a trip to Hanoi, Vietnam where Robin's daughter teaches English. They had a great time, ate wonderful food and met friendly, happy people. It was their first visit to a "Communist" country but they said you would never notice it. There was no military and little police presence in the city and surrounding countryside. They had a very nice hotel in a central location. The price was posted at $50 per night but they asked for and got the discounted rate of $35 for the school where her daughter teaches.

I just checked the price of a ticket and we could fly from Vancouver return for under $1700 each. I am getting travel fever. October is the month to visit as it is between the humid summer and the rainy winter. I have almost quit thinking of Mexico as "traveling" It is almost like a second home.

EDIT: Our Mexico RVing friends Kevin and Ruth just commented that there is an even better deal  of $1000 each available! How do people find these rates?

We are driving down to Shawnigan Lake later today. Brooks is home from Fort McMurray for his ten days off. He and LindaLee have a couple of fencing jobs to do while he is home so they can't come up here to visit. One of the jobs is installing a net at a golf course and the company that makes those nets is here in Campbell River. I picked it up yesterday and will help him put it up while I am there. Maybe he will pay for my labour with a fancy breakfast.

Life is good!

8 comments:

  1. $1,700 return? Better be first class for that price! Actually, you can fly Vancouver to Hanoi with China Southern Airlines for only $1,006 taxes and fees included. Your flight leaves October 1st, you better book it!

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    1. You guys are going to become my official travel agents! I checked the air Canada site and they wanted $2,600 each but said if I was flexible on dates, they could let me have the $1,700 price. How do you find these deals??

      We would probably fly Air Canada anyway as Norma has about 200,000 Aeroploan miles.

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  2. You do not lead a boring life! Most of us are envious of your freedom to come and go. Yes we also RV in Mexico but are restricted due to finances and having to work part of the year. Enjoy your life while you can.

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  3. Sounds exciting enough for me. It's not like you guys didn't do anything for the last six months!

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  4. I went to Vietnam in 1969. Don't care to ever go again.

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    1. Slightly different circumstances Robert. You would probably like it now.

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  5. Here is a website for quick check of many airlines - but not all airlines . . . http://www.itasoftware.com/ . . . fool around with it a bit - but check other airlines that go where you want to go.

    We are boring too - maybe even more boring.

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  6. www.kayak.com is a good flights details aggregator, and searches a lot of travel and airplane sites. I use it all the time and recommend it.

    Andrew

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