Last year around this time, I bought air tickets to Tokyo. Each ticket cost as low as $399 nett by Malaysia Airlines. This year, a similar ticket costs as much as $1000during the Dec period. The 7 days Japan Rail pass cost about $450. The total cost of a return air ticket and a rail pass was less than $900 per person. This year, $1000 merely bought me a return air ticket. So my dream of going to Japan this year-end was gone.
I started looking for reasonably priced air tickets to Taiwan, Beijing and even Hong Kong. Last year, I went to Beijing on a working trip and had a wonderful experience with heavy snow. This year, why not go to Beijing with my loved ones. Again, I did not find any suitable air tickets. In fact, the news said that the prices of air tickets would continue to rise due to recovery of economy.
After a year of hard work, surely I deserve a good holiday? But where can I go?
Sandy in HK has been asking when I would come to HK. Yes, it has been quite some years since I went to HK and I miss the vegetarian meal at Lantau Island. But again, where can I find reasonably priced air tickets?
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