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4:19 AM

A glass bridge in china.. dare to cross it? facebook.com/ajplusenglish/videos/625942664213911

@CGCampbell: my vaping question is old. i've been hitchhiking around asia for ten months. i don't recall any controversy over that question and didn't notice any when i looked at it. not more than typical anyway.

Nean Der Thal

@hippietrail is it the smoke detector question?

hippietrail

@NeanDerThal: i guess so - he never said specifically. there's only four vaping questions and that's the only one that could be described as "mine"

Nean Der Thal

it is old.. why it is open now @CGCampbell ?

i do not see anything special about that question, i do not see hippietrail trying to force an opinion or something..

hippietrail

i looked at the other three vaping questions in case there was something else i was missing but didn't spot anything

Nean Der Thal

4:31 AM

I blame alcohol..

@hippietrail where r u again?

hippietrail

vientiane, laos. heading to thailand in the next couple of days on my way to cambodia. there's a supercheap ticket home from malaysia on november 18

Nean Der Thal

No plans to go to jakarta?

i forgot islands are not the best places for hitchhikers..

hippietrail

no money left and not easy to get there without flying

i should count my money...

Nean Der Thal

ooh

@hippietrail is it a year already?

hippietrail

980,000 kip. none left in the bank.

if i make it to november 18 it's exactly a year. today it's just under 10.5 months.

980,000 kip. none left in the bank.

Nean Der Thal

4:39 AM

kip?

hippietrail

laotian money

Nean Der Thal

ooooh

u got urself a ticket already?

hippietrail

$170 AUD $120 USD

i'll buy the ticket with the credit card. maybe today.

woah hard crash! now i'm 99% sure the laptop is dying

Nean Der Thal

fell down?

hippietrail

nope. i think it's overheating. 4 is old age for a netbook.

just locked up. had to pull the power cord and battery just to restart

the tablet for some reason doesn't like to connect to some wifi hotspots sometimes

flight to perth $117 AUD amazingly cheap

Nean Der Thal

4:54 AM

nonstop?

hippietrail

yeah. i'm checking flights from four countries here to any city in australia for all of november

i wonder if @MarkMayo could find an even cheaper flight (-:

Nean Der Thal

anything cheaper than that would be in the cargo.. or the gear compartment..

hippietrail

there was one for $90 when i started looking. but that might've been in USD

AUD and USD go too far away with the AUD going down

364 ringgit

there must be extra charges for luggage and stuff though ...

Nean Der Thal

350 SAR..

thats less than 100 USD

hippietrail

yeah amazing. 1/3 what i paid to get here. but i'm booking more in advance.

Nean Der Thal

5:10 AM

i am going to amsterdam and maybe rome this month..

one week each.. training..

will have no time to see or do anything..

@hippietrail check how much is it from jakarta

jakarta to AUS

hippietrail

at the moment i'm checking KL singapore bangkok HCM and phnom penh

Nean Der Thal

phnom penh, wondering how is that pronounced..

hippietrail

pa-nom pen is close enough

Nean Der Thal

@MarkMayo were ever a fan of "Heroes" TV show?

hippietrail

$173 AUD on nov 11

Nean Der Thal

5:16 AM

from jakarta to AUS?

and how about from anywhere there to jakarta?

hippietrail

kl to jakarta could be as cheap as $30

Nean Der Thal

the plan is, u come to jakarta for three days, if i go there i am entitles to have a 3 days stay in a five stars hotel, u get the hotel room as i have a place there.. stay the three days then go to australia..

hippietrail

hehe (-: an old hitchhiking buddy invited me to stay at his place in norway for free but the ticket from there to australia is the killer

Nean Der Thal

@hippietrail australia is not helping you in travelling.. it is an island and it is tooooooo far.

you should move to EU..can't you get a UK nationality somehow?

hippietrail

$90 AUD from here to jakarta in three days - the last day of my visa

no you need at least one grandparent born in the UK for that

Nean Der Thal

5:22 AM

in november.. can't in october.. i will visit jakarta for sure.. just not on a business trip.. no plan yet on which dates..

hippietrail

$88 from bangkok to jakarta in early nov

but i can only stay in thailand for 14 days without getting a visa first

Nean Der Thal

I wish i have fixed dates from now..

hippietrail

cambodia is the cheapest and i can live in villages with local people for less than $5 per day for a month

when the money runs out i can go to thailand and malaysia without paying for a visa and everyone there accepts visa card (-:

Nean Der Thal

@hippietrail not street food stalls..

hippietrail

those are super cheap

Nean Der Thal

5:31 AM

yup

speaking of food.. i will get me some breakfast..

and some pain killer..

a terrible headache.. lack of sleep..

hippietrail

go sleep!

Nean Der Thal

can't.. tried all night.. and it is morning already..

hippietrail

5:45 AM

i'm lucky with my comfy bed here but i can't wait to camp in my tent again

from KL it's just $34!

hippietrail

6:07 AM

man i have to buy the ticket with expedia with no luggage allowance and then change the ticket via airasia to add the luggage - how the hell do i see how much it costs in advance?

i'm editing my vaping question just a little. backpacker hostels have specific rules in australia about fire alarms due to a couple of past disasters

hippietrail

6:29 AM

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Q: Booking a flight with a luggage limit via Adioso / Expedia

I've found a ridiculously cheap flight from Southeast Asia to Australia via the flight search engine Adioso which then directs me to the online travel agent Expedia. It seems that the advertised price is the lowest possible, with no luggage allowance at all. That's fine. But I do need to bring l...

hippietrail

6:40 AM

actually the fare is almost as low direct with airasia but they're trying to trick me into an upgrade for over $100 or i have to enter my email address and stuff before getting to the page where i can mention my luggage - or so it seems ...

Nean Der Thal

7:02 AM

why do indians write "V" instead of "WE", why? I can not understand that. even if they pronounce it VEE instead of WE. still, do they hear it WE?

@hippietrail do you know which airlines?

hippietrail

airasia

i haven't noticed that before with indians

Nean Der Thal

I have seen it all the time..

all times..

hippietrail

indian languages might not have separate V and W sounds?

Nean Der Thal

it pisses me off.. really..

hippietrail

"all the time" is right

Nean Der Thal

7:05 AM

well, "all the times" still an smaller issues compared to V and WE...

even if they do not have separate V and W sounds.. WE is WE, not VE..

hippietrail

"all the time" not "all the times"

Nean Der Thal

i know.. but at least i do not use "V" instead of "WE"..

hippietrail

a site about avoiding airasia charges makes it look like the fee might only be $17 yqtravelling.com/how-to-beat-airasias-bst-extra-charges

we notice germans mixing up V and W in english

Nean Der Thal

@hippietrail there are more than one airasia.. there is airasia x as well..

hippietrail

i think this is regular airasia

Nean Der Thal

7:11 AM

17$ is cheap

hippietrail

it is but i don't want to get half way into booking and find out that for this offer on this flight with this pair of airports it's much higher. i want to know the price for sure in advance

Nean Der Thal

yes

imagine if it was 100$

hippietrail

it is but i don't want to get half way into booking and find out that for this offer on this flight with this pair of airports it's much higher. i want to know the price for sure in advance

the upgrade airasia shows before getting your credentials is $100!

hippietrail

7:34 AM

turns out to be about $28 AUD

Nean Der Thal

not bad

hippietrail

works out about $150 AUD unless some other fee appears

$30.15 AUD now that i'm actually doing it

Nean Der Thal

I'd go with something that has no hidden fees..

hippietrail

good luck with that

the fees are not totally hidden. they just kind of try to distract you as they show you each one

now there's a booking fee to use either paypal or online banking or credit card

$4 AUD for credit card fee

contact phone number required!!! GRRR!!!

time to see if i can use phone number of one of the staff ...

Gayot Fow

9:40 AM

nytimes.com/2015/10/04/fashion/…

A flaneur in Paris, great article

hippietrail

10:32 AM

OK booked my flight home where i shall be crossing the continent by foot and thumb for the final leg of my adventure!

Willeke

11:48 AM

@hippietrail So Europe will wait for your next adventure?

hippietrail

1:09 PM

@Willeke yep next adventure i'm thinking of getting big fat visas in advance for both china and russia. but let's see if i find a way to make some money again first (-:

Willeke

1:36 PM

@hippietrail Nasty thing, money, but needed for too many things to ignore it.

Nean Der Thal

8:22 PM

@Willeke speaking of money, i am so broke.. i am willing to sell my body :D :D

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