Itinerary

After many weeks of emails and putting it off, I have finally planned my life for the next few months. Well, more of less. There are still, of course, gaps to fill in, appointments to be made, details, details, details, but some things in life have to be random right?

Thursday Nov. 23rd: I teach my last class in Madiha. Around this time, there will be numerous dinners with various students and people I have worked with. I anticipate eating a lot of delicious curry and even more delicious fresh seafood. After all of these dinners are finished and the teaching is over, I will be leaving Madiha for travels through central Sri Lanka. I anticipate long, hot, bus rides, with blaring Hindi music and crazy high speed turns, tea plantations, rain forests and the quiet contemplation of many Buddihist ruins.

Friday Dec. 1st: I fly on a Sri Lankan airlines flight to London, England. I'm not quite sure why I'm going there or what I'm going to do but the flight was there and it was cheap, so I took it. My good friend from the border will be in Brighton, so a few good times are guanenteed.

Tuesday Dec. 5th: I leave London at 13:30 on Air Transat flight TS123 to Toronto and arrive on my home soil at 16:40. Reunion with old friends ensue. Travel to visit other friends and relatives follows. I will end up at some point in Montreal.

Monday Dec. 11th: Women's Leadership Seminar Series #7: "Life on the Border" (MCRTW Seminar room 3-5pm) The McGill Centre for Research and Teaching on Women hosts yours truly for a practical talk about life after graduation.

Wednesday Dec. 13th: I say goodbye to the lights and the parties in Montreal and grab West Jet flight 655 home to Calgary at 21:05, landing in Cowtown near midnight. Home sweet home. Cinammon buns, brandy soaked Christmas cake, a cabin encircled by snow and reading books by the fire. Lots of hugs, lots of food, lots of tea and talking.

January 11th: Air Canada flight 207Q to Vancouver (leaving at 10am), followed by Air Canada flight 3Q to Tokoyo/Narita at noon, followed by Thai Airways flight 9556Q to Bangkok at 5:15pm on January 12th. Total airtime, about 19hours and miraculously enough, good connections. I arrive back in Thailand sometime late at night on Friday January 12th, back into the blue gray wharehouse of Bangkok's new international airport, the pollution, the traffic and the general madness of the city. Back to my house, my cat and looking for a job. Happy New Year.