I was actually quite excited with the fact that Ryan is growing up and becoming more travel-friendly. I thought we can then make better use of his passport and bring him to see new places. But with the influenza A H1N1 now being a pandemic, it’s pretty much hampered my hopes of going for holidays with Ryan. I simply dare not go anywhere for the rest of the year. You just don’t know who’s on board the plane and whether the country you are in is truly safe.
I don’t even dare to go for local destinations, in case those places are also frequented by tourists. So it looks like a quiet year with no where to go. At least until this whole flu threat has died down. I wonder when it will start to be well curbed from spreading though. I heard on the news yesterday that the first vaccination will only be available by middle of next year. That’s still a year away and it’s pretty far off, don’t you think?
It’s too bad that here in Malaysia we’re not into recreational vehicles (RV) like caravans. Otherwise it might be doable to do some kind of simple vacations in them. I think those are quite good to have around because you have most of the comforts of “home” in there and you don’t need to spend too much money paying for accommodation wherever you end up as your holiday destination for the family. Some of these caravans are really nice and cosy, like the one pictured below.
Why doesn’t anyone introduce these vehicles here, huh? If they do come to our shores, I feel that the demand for them would be quite incredible. Not only will the sellers make money selling them, even banks that offer rv finance will be happy! I will be one of the first to convince my friends that these are great family assets to have! 
Anyway, since we’re far away from having any caravan and H1N1 vaccination in sight, I think I shall start putting away my thoughts for holidays and start focusing and looking forward to something else. Haven’t a clue what it is just yet…
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RV in malaysia? hehehe sponsored post?
Locally maybe but definitely not overseas… not being kiasu.. just being safe
I can understand and relate to that…now that we have little ones around, we hold ourselves more responsible not only for their wellbeing but our own too!