Well, I'm currently sitting at T minus 6 hours, and I'm packed, prepared and ready to go.
A couple of things I wanted to note before I left y'all. Firstly, the photo situation - Due to the size of the photos my camera takes, and my lack of a laptop, photos won't be as plentiful as they were in last year's America Blog - I'm gonna play it by ear in regards to internet access, but I'd imagine I'll post a sorta 'picture of the day' when I do my (hopefully) daily blog. Secondly, if any of y'all need/want to drop me an email while I'm away, I'll be checking my gmail (cursaeed@gmail.com) and my monash uni (jgrus1@student.monash.edu) but not my hotmail on a regular basis.
Anyway, that's all for now, so I guess I'll see you on the other side!

For a variety of reasons (One of which being the fact that I'm leaving in just under a week), I now have an official itinerary for my trip. The observant amongst you may note that this is significantly different to the outline I posted a couple of days ago, but now that all of my flights are booked, I can say with a reasonable amount of certainty where I'll be at any given time in the next 4 weeks or so. So on with the list!

Itinerary:

Jan 30^th, 11:59PM – Depart Melbourne

Jan 31^st, 5:50AM – Arrive Hong Kong

Jan 31^st – Feb 9^th – Overnight in Hong Kong (10 nights)

Feb 10^th, 6:40PM – Depart Hong Kong

Feb 10^th, 9:15PM – Arrive Shanghai

Feb 10^th – Feb 16^th – Overnight in Shanghai (7 nights)

Feb 17^th, 10:35PM – Depart Shanghai

Feb 18^th, 1:15AM – Arrive Hong Kong

Feb 18^th – Overnight in Hong Kong (1 night)

Feb 19^th, 8:25PM - Depart Hong Kong

Feb 20^th, 8:20AM – Arrive Sydney

Feb 20^th, 9:45 AM – Depart Sydney

Feb 20^th, 11:15AM – Arrive Melbourne

OMG first post!
Well, second post really, but whatever.
At any rate, welcome, y'all to the Travel Log (Tlog?) for my 2007 trip to China.
First, some details - I'll be spending a total of 3 weeks away, leaving in exactly 2 weeks time, at 11:55PM on the 30th of January and returning on February the 20th.
While across there, I'll first spend 11 nights in Hong Kong, then fly to Shanghai for 8 nights, before flying back to Australia via Hong Kong.
Anyway, I'm gonna keep this brief, and introduce y'all to my "Must do" list for the trip - some of these probably won't make much sense, but I'm planning on crossing these things off the list as I do them, so expect explanations of most of the following items.

Hong Kong:

Giant Buddha

Lamma island

Central/observation decks

Wan Chai markets

Victoria Peak

New Territories

Macau

Kowloon Shopping (Mong Kok)

Hiking @ HK island

Aberdeen/ South side of HK island

Symphony of Lights

Shek Kip Mei People's Museum

Kowloon Night Market

Shanghai:

The Bund

Oriental Pearl

Jin Mao Tower

Suzhou

People's square/City hall

Bund tourist tunnel

Fuxing Park

Shanghai urban planning exhibition hall

Dongtai Lu Antique market

Huai Hai Road

Nanjing Road

Yuyuan Garden

Shanghai Great world

Testing, Testing
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Edit: It works, apparently!
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