Ryan is now on the cruise ship. He flew into Hong Kong today, but I was at work so I couldn't pick him up at the airport and take him to the ship. While he's cruising to Xiamen and Shanghai, I will be booking our flights back home and trying to find a hotel in Bangkok at the last minute. It's June, so that might not be the easiest thing.
The Ho Chi Minh part of the cruise is turning out to be an issue. We already have visas for China, and Americans don't need any for Thailand, but there isn't enough time to get visas for Vietnam. Even if there might be enough time, I would not be comfortable giving the embassy my passport so close to the cruise since I will need it to get on the boat. Ryan is already on the ship, so it's too late for him no matter what. Even if I could get a visa, his passport is currently sailing around the coast of China. We will just have to stay on board while the ship docks in Ho Chi Minh.
Getting to everywhere isn't easy, either. You would think going on a cruise would take care of transportation since you're on a ship that goes everywhere, but we need plane tickets to get there and back. Ryan already flew from Fuzhou to Hong Kong. I'm flying from Hong Kong to Shanghai to board the ship. We're both flying from Bangkok to Hong Kong after the cruise and then he is flying from Hong Kong to Fuzhou. It's more complicated than it needs to be because airlines want everyone to fly from A to B and then return to A. We are flying A and B to B and C, then D to B and B to A.
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