Hello again, everyone! I'll start off with a quick thank you for those who not only said it was possible, but convinced me to continue traveling, even with the addition of a little one. I'm sure the outings won't be as frequent, but the memories will be just as good, if not better as a family. The destinations on this trip aren't new to us, other than Sydney, but at least we'll get to see how LC#2 likes floating above the clouds at a few hundred miles per hour .

It's been a busy few months with some significant changes, primarily with the addition of our son to the family. Both the wife and I have changed jobs and relocated back to the Los Angeles area to take advantage of free daycare from our parents. Between taking care of our son after work and everyday responsibilities, there is significantly less time to plan, or even get excited about a trip. Gone are the days of packing a month out and daydreaming about sipping on champagne until the FA is front and center with the bottle in your face. Part of the trip is meant to be a reunion, so my older brother and his family are also flying out to HKG from the east coast. But enough of the boring stuff; everyone is on this sub-forum for trip reports! As usual, the itinerary below and is subject to change . And surprisingly, I'm still alive to write this as the wife and I were booked on separate CX flights...until my waitlist cleared a few days ago

I will warn you, installments may be infrequent compared to the past when I could dedicate large blocks of time to edit pictures and write out a wall of text. But if you enjoy this report, here are some of my previous trips that I've posted to hold you over:

3 for the price of 2? RTW Babymoon to Japan, Maldives, UK (JL/EY/LH J/F/Apartment)
Slummin' it to Spain - BCN, PMI for some Park Hyatt, and MAD
Christmas in Vienna with a Splash of Porsche and FCT - LX/OS Y, OS J, LH F
The Journey is Half the Fun; RTW in SQ Suites/CX F/JL J/EK F/EY Apartment/AA F
Escaping to the Southern Hemisphere: A Bora Bora Getaway
Honeymoon In Europe (UK, France, Netherlands, Germany, Italy, etc.) - AA/LH/EK F



With all that out of the way, the start of the trip will be rather interesting as my younger brother is on the 11AM CX flight to HKG, with my wife and I on the 11PM. Thankfully I'm no longer on the flight the following morning since my waitlist finally cleared at T-5. There is still some annoyance though, which is the fact that I now work on the other side of the 105 freeway (yes, across from LAX) and I plan to work a full day before our departure. So after dropping my brother off early in the morning and working a full day, I will trek back home through 2 hours of traffic, pick up my wife and son, only to make another trip to LAX. Departure is tomorrow so I'll try to have a post up in the QF F lounge before takeoff...stay tuned! And as always...LH44 FTW