Yes. 33-40 hours of travel time just to get to Padang. Then A night in the hotel, 5 am speedboat to the Villas
I might blow up my Amex and book biz class.I’ll regret it, except that I know I won’t actually regret it. And biz class will CERTAINLY enhance the whole birthday aspect of the trip for the missus
sh!t ain’t cheap for 2 people. but it’s a Carpe Diem trip. I fly coach enough to assuage my vaguely sh!t lord conscience
maybe even spend a few days on Bali at the end, just to see it. I know I “missed it” and I almost feel like it’s best left in my imagination, but a few nights in some sick hotel suite or villa above bingin or whatever spot would be fun for a few days before taking the long slog home. 10 nights at Kandui. 4 nights in BalI. Maybe get lucky and get one of the marquis spots on a solid challenging day after I’ve been dialed in the Ments for 10 days.
how does that sound for the Subway’s First (but far from last) Trip to the Far East?
@Truth where you going to be from 6/8/24 to 6/11/24?
18 day trip altogether I reckon, given 2 full days of travel each way… in my line of work that’s a long time to be MIA. Yes being indispensable has its upsides but, yada yada yada, I will be better off if i designate a few days each week for several hours of focused work, luckily while all my colleagues and clients are sound asleep
I’ll actually be more relaxed if I keep at least one finger on the work pulse on a trip that long. 7-10 days including weekends, fine, I deactivate my email from my phone and don’t bring a laptop. But being out for 12 consecutive actual biz days is brutal for those left to deal with my chit.
I might blow up my Amex and book biz class.I’ll regret it, except that I know I won’t actually regret it. And biz class will CERTAINLY enhance the whole birthday aspect of the trip for the missus
sh!t ain’t cheap for 2 people. but it’s a Carpe Diem trip. I fly coach enough to assuage my vaguely sh!t lord conscience
maybe even spend a few days on Bali at the end, just to see it. I know I “missed it” and I almost feel like it’s best left in my imagination, but a few nights in some sick hotel suite or villa above bingin or whatever spot would be fun for a few days before taking the long slog home. 10 nights at Kandui. 4 nights in BalI. Maybe get lucky and get one of the marquis spots on a solid challenging day after I’ve been dialed in the Ments for 10 days.
how does that sound for the Subway’s First (but far from last) Trip to the Far East?
@Truth where you going to be from 6/8/24 to 6/11/24?
18 day trip altogether I reckon, given 2 full days of travel each way… in my line of work that’s a long time to be MIA. Yes being indispensable has its upsides but, yada yada yada, I will be better off if i designate a few days each week for several hours of focused work, luckily while all my colleagues and clients are sound asleep
I’ll actually be more relaxed if I keep at least one finger on the work pulse on a trip that long. 7-10 days including weekends, fine, I deactivate my email from my phone and don’t bring a laptop. But being out for 12 consecutive actual biz days is brutal for those left to deal with my chit.
