Dave Sabol

Well, today is the day that I leave for my trip. As I have explained, I am excited and a bit apprehensive, but overall I am sure things will be great. The part I am dreading the most is trying to pack 9 days of clothing into a suitcase. Not that packing is so difficult, but when you are trying to play for a variety of situations and essentially be ready for anything the size of your suitcase and the weight limits enforced by the airline become serious constraints.

Not sure how I am going to do it, but I did just check Accuweather.com, my favorite and trusted source for weather information to see what I would be facing when I am finally on the ground in Hong Kong. Here is what their forecast showed for 21 January 2007 through 29 January 2007, the duration of my trip:

The image is linked to the actual forecast page for anyone interested in seeing how the forecast compares to reality. It is also worth noting that the image is © 2007 Accuweather.

Suffice it to say, I won’t need to pack cold weather gear as the temperatures there are considerably higher than they are in Pennsylvania (as I write this, the temperature outside is a balmy 20°F). Even so, the nighttime temperatures do look a bit on the cool side, so some provisions have to be made for that. At least I don’t have to factor in rain gear as most of time will be spent in-doors and the time I plan to be outside looks as though it will be pretty nice, so that is an added bonus.

Hopefully, I can figure it all out soon as I am t-minus 4 hours and counting until I need to be on the road for the Philadelphia International Airport, and I still haven’t finished packing.