Apr 22, 2016, 2:02 pm

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Here is the schedule so far. Subject to changes where needed...
Friday January 13
1:00 PM, lunch at Tian Bao Szechuan Kitchen at
391 Orchard Road, #05-06/07 Ngee Ann City, Ngee Ann City, Singapore
7:30 PM, Drinks at Mogambo, 3 Canton Street, tables are booked under Brad.

11:00 PM, Newton Hawker Center

Saturday January 14
10:00 AM Possible day trip if anyone wants to visit Johor Bahru, PM me if interested
12:00 PM English tea service at Grand Hyatt (10Scotts tea room) in Grand Hyatt. See post #254.
3:00 PM Afternoon drinks around Boat Quay
8:15 PM Dinner at No Signboard Geylang

Sunday January 15
10:00 AM Singapore Botanical Gardens
1:15 PM Lunch at Muthu's Curry Dempsey Hill
7:45 PM Dinner, Kam's Roast located at Pacific Plaza, 9 Scotts Rd

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...tfM/edit#gid=0

Please list your attendee status here under the following...

Confirmed
bschaff1
margarita girl
upup&away
kirkwoodj
Zorak
EsquireFlyer+1
Lowjhg
chrisflyer66
ClaudiSTR
violist
TravelKane
tuapekastar
ZFW-ATC
Brituchenite
SEA777GUY
Lori_Q +1
miffSC
johnnywho
cliburn
JessicaTam
HGF
YUL36
geoffco
nomadic.relief
zcat18
jch636
Spaceman
chrisphx
iluv2fly
ORDOGG
keitherson
FlyerEC
rob_flies_ua

Tentative
penegal
24left
perthite
madguy2
pfbloom
infoworks
ixs
solewalker
travelswithmyself
lcpteck

last minute cancellation
Maluku_Flyer

LPQ flights
chrisphx: 1/11 arrival on AK 562 at 8:40am
margarita girl: 1/10 arr from DMK, dep to DMK on 1/12
zcat18: 1/10 arrive on Lao 634 from BKK; depart 1/13 Lao 633 to BKK
TravelKane: 1/10 on QV634 BKK>LPQ

LPQ lodging
zcat18: Maison Dalabua
margarita girl: Villa Ban Phan Luang
TravelKane: Matata Garden GH

SIN flights
violist: 1/13 NH 801 arr 0040 from NRT 1/16 MH 608 dep 1725 to KUL
JessicaTam 13/1 arr QF35 1725; 15/1 dep QF36 1945
chrisphx: 1/13 arrival on AK 715 at 4:10pm
margarita girl: 1/13 arr from BKK, 1/16 dep to IST
iluv2fly: 1/13 arrival from UA 550 -> UA 869 -> UA 895
nomadic.relief: 1/12 arrival from HND, 1/16 dep to HKG
cliburn 1/13 arr JL 37 HND, 1/16 dep CX 712 BKK
zcat18: 1/13 arrive TR2105 from BKK; 1/14 depart TR2112 to BKK
ClaudiSTR: 1/13 arrival LH778; 1/16 depart SQ308
ORDOGG 1/14 arrival SQ423; 1/16 dep SQ826
Lori_Q +1: 1/12 arrival UA895; 1/15 departure TG404
tuapekastar Arr: 12/1 23:35 EK405, Dep: 19/1 EK404
Spaceman: Arr: 1/12 0040 NH801; Dep 1/16 0630 NH 802
EsquireFlyer+1: Arr 1/12 1115 TG403; Dep 1/17 0545 UA896
TravelKane: Arr 1/13 @ 16:10 AK563 LPQ>KUL,AK715 KUL>SIN, Depart 1/16 @ 14:00 3K557 SIN>SGN
keitherson: Arr 1/14 @ 0005 DL615, Dep 1/15 @ 0750 DL616
Zorak: dep 1/16 0655 DL166
FlyerEC : 11 SQ949 ; SQ860 17/18 ?
Brituchenite: TG413 Arrive 1/13 @ 2:50pm

SIN lodging
violist: Conrad
JessicaTam Fri: Hilton; Sat: Conrad
chrisflyer66: Grand Hyatt
miffSC: Grand Hyatt
margarita girl: Fairmont
iluv2fly: Marina Bay Sands
nomadic.relief: Fairmont
cliburn: Grand Hyatt
zcat18: Marriott
ClaudiSTR: Conrad
ORDOGG: Grand Hyatt
Lori_Q +1: Conrad
tuapekastar: Friend's place (near Holland Village)
Spaceman: Conrad
EsquireFlyer+1: Grand Hyatt
TravelKane: Grand Hyatt
johnnywho: Conrad
Zorak: Westin
Brituchenite: Grand Hyatt

Singapore DO 2017: Jan 13-15 IT'S BACK!

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Apr 10, 2016, 12:04 am

#31

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Awesom Andy

Both outbound and inbound are red eyes, although together with the timezone change, the SIN-WLG has an arrival of around 4pm local time so it loses an entirely day in flying.

Yes, and this is almost the same as for SIN-AKL/CHC-WLG. However WLG-SIN departs in the evening, which is more convenient than WLG-AKL/CHC-SIN which lose a whole day.

My reference to schedule was which days of the week, since it does not operate daily.

Apr 10, 2016, 10:23 pm

#32

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I caught this thread while travelling and forgot to post - am very much interested in this and even more so, the pre-Do! It would be good to visit the pre-do country legally and officially, I believe there is no evidence of the previous "excursion"!

Apr 11, 2016, 7:59 am

#33

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I'm interested, though would probably only make Monday events. In addition to Monday the 16th, Friday the 20th will be a holiday for me, so I'm planning to take the 17th-19th as vacation days and spend the week in Asia (don't yet know where), with SIN as a good jumping-off point.

Apr 11, 2016, 12:39 pm

#34

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I am definitely interested in returning. I kicked myself this past January for not going to the KUL event. Looking forward to hearing about the pre-DO as well. Laos has never really been on my radar, but in an event like this, it would be a great destination.

Apr 14, 2016, 3:04 pm

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A quick update regarding the pre DO. The location is Luang Prabang, Laos. Flights are available on Air Asia from DMK and SGN, but hold off on booking hotels for now.

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Apr 14, 2016, 8:33 pm

#36

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Quote:

Originally Posted by bschaff1

A quick update regarding the post DO. The location is Luang Prabang, Laos. Flights are available on Air Asia from DMK and SGN, but hold off on booking hotels for now.

I've never heard of Luang Prabang before today. But after looking at some pictures, it looks fantastic.

Apr 14, 2016, 8:51 pm

#37

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The initial post says no post DO but a pre was possible. Just wanted to clarify if this is now a post DO event.

Quote:

Originally Posted by bschaff1

A quick update regarding the post DO. The location is Luang Prabang, Laos. Flights are available on Air Asia from DMK and SGN, but hold off on booking hotels for now.

Apr 14, 2016, 9:02 pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by bschaff1

A quick update regarding the post DO. The location is Luang Prabang, Laos. Flights are available on Air Asia from DMK and SGN, but hold off on booking hotels for now.

I think you mean pre-Do.

Not sure how the flights will work though, the only AirAsia flight heading into DMK that day is a late afternoon flight so either you would need to fly out on the 12th, or miss drinks on the 13th.

Apr 14, 2016, 11:03 pm

#39

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Awesom Andy

I think you mean pre-Do.

Not sure how the flights will work though, the only AirAsia flight heading into DMK that day is a late afternoon flight so either you would need to fly out on the 12th, or miss drinks on the 13th.

I think bschaff1 meant to book the trip from DMK or SGN to Laos on Jan 10.

As for getting from LPQ(Laos) to SIN, i don't see any direct flights, and the flights with connections look pricey.

Apr 15, 2016, 10:22 am

#40

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All booked, see you in SIN!

Apr 15, 2016, 12:06 pm

#41

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Very interested in the DO itself. Hoping I can make the pre-DO as well, but I'll confirm closer to the date!

Apr 15, 2016, 1:24 pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ChrisFlyer66

I think bschaff1 meant to book the trip from DMK or SGN to Laos on Jan 10.

As for getting from LPQ(Laos) to SIN, i don't see any direct flights, and the flights with connections look pricey.

That's what I meant regarding the pre-do. You have a lot of time to book the flight from LPQ-SIN, and I won't even start booking those flights for another 4 months just to see who else adds service to LPQ in the mean time.