147, 572

If only those word problems in Math were framed as
travel itineraries, I think i'd have done better in my tests.

If an express train travelling 60mph leaves
Bangkok HuaLamphong station at 21.30 hours,
and an ordinary train travelling 48mph leaves Sawankhalok
station at 0200 hours, is there a point where a
traveller can get off and switch trains?
Assume they are on parallel tracks.

Anyway, if anyone wants to hire a freelance backpacker tour guide, call me.

I will handle all the headache-inducing logistics.
I will figure out the route, how to get there, where to stay, calculate
the cheapest options, align train, plane and boat schedules.
I will pack your backpack if you need me to.
Just pay for my fare and accomodations (which will most probably
be shared anyway).

Instead of watching a movie, I spent the night bent over maps,
bus and trains schedules, figuring out how to get to
Malaysia or Cambodia or Langkawi or Ko Chang
from Bangkok on the cheap(est), just so i'm ready to go the
next time I suddenly have a long weekend.
My back literally aches from poring over maps.
And my head was throbbing. But i enjoyed it! I realized,
I could do this for a living and I'd like it!

i think that makes me a travel planning masochist.