On the Road Again

For the past 18 months I've been "churning" through credit cards to collect loyalty points and this morning find myself sitting in business class headed to Bali. The pods are odd but I think I can stretch out better after takeoff. If you haven't heard me bragging yet, my "mini round the world" ticket is priced some where between 16 and 22 thousand dollars depending on how you look at it but I merely paid $398 in taxes along with 155,000 aeroplan points.

My main destination is Central Sulawesi, Indonesia where I'm meeting up with an Aussie cycle group for a 16 day, 950 kilometre tour off the beaten tourist track. Then on to Sabah Malaysia on the island of Borneo in search of whale sharks and orangutang with brief stops in Singapore and Istanbul on the way home. I figured that I should start the cycle trip well rested so thought it was the right time for my, very likely, once-in-a-lifetime business class experience.

Both breakfast choices this morning on my Air Canada flight to LAX featured chicken sausage which gave me pause given my previous experience with airline sausage. But that was Burma. So far so good.

Stay tuned for updates.