The 2014 Chinese New Year date happens to fall on the weekend. This moon cycle behaviour has a lot of local residents upset that their regular five day public holiday has been reduced to 'only' four days. Despite this, Chinese New Year remains one of the most profitable periods for airlines and hotels with customers force to pay inflated rates just to make the most of the public holiday schedule.
The average cost of flight from HK to KL booked 6 weeks in advance of the departure date is priced at approximately 2,000 HKD. I paid, nearly double that with a budget airline. In actual fact, the cost to fly from Sydney to KL during that same period with the same carrier is cheaper than flying from HK to KL. Despite the inflated price, I was looking forward to catching up with family and getting away for Hong Kong. It was also my first trip since being off crutches and very excited to test out the ankle abroad.
The best part was that I got to see my parents and close relatives in Kuala Lumpur, it had been a while since I had seen them all together! I constantly harp on about the magnitude of our family festive gatherings. The two major calendar events for our family are Christmas and Chinese New Year and it has been a while since I've attended either. The sheer volume of food and consumption is quite shameful and both events can be best described as 'excessive' and 'gluttonous'.
If I could describe a typical day it would read as follows. Wake up. Breakfast. Read, chat. Sleep. Lunch. Read, chat. Sleep. Dinner. Read, chat. Supper (optional). Sleep. Trip highlights include: Eating, garish tattoos, food poisoning, mee rebus, resuscitated creme caramel and Nasi Lemak.
Currently reading: "Switch" by Dan and Chip Heath.
The average cost of flight from HK to KL booked 6 weeks in advance of the departure date is priced at approximately 2,000 HKD. I paid, nearly double that with a budget airline. In actual fact, the cost to fly from Sydney to KL during that same period with the same carrier is cheaper than flying from HK to KL. Despite the inflated price, I was looking forward to catching up with family and getting away for Hong Kong. It was also my first trip since being off crutches and very excited to test out the ankle abroad.
The best part was that I got to see my parents and close relatives in Kuala Lumpur, it had been a while since I had seen them all together! I constantly harp on about the magnitude of our family festive gatherings. The two major calendar events for our family are Christmas and Chinese New Year and it has been a while since I've attended either. The sheer volume of food and consumption is quite shameful and both events can be best described as 'excessive' and 'gluttonous'.
If I could describe a typical day it would read as follows. Wake up. Breakfast. Read, chat. Sleep. Lunch. Read, chat. Sleep. Dinner. Read, chat. Supper (optional). Sleep. Trip highlights include: Eating, garish tattoos, food poisoning, mee rebus, resuscitated creme caramel and Nasi Lemak.
Currently reading: "Switch" by Dan and Chip Heath.
