The Road to Steem Fest - The actual road // SteemFest 之路

I thought I'd put the map up so you can see that Taiwan and Thailand are two different countries, in case anyone still get them mixed up. They're over 2200 km apart and I need to fly three and a half hours to get from Taiwan to Thailand. That's a bit longer than the folks who need to fly in from say Malaysia, but a lot quicker than the others from Australia, Europe or the States. My

My road to SteemFest will actually start some 2 hours before that, well actually 4, if you take into account of check in time and hanging around in the airport. I live about 160km away from Taoyuan Airport, the main airport in Taiwan. The coach is the easiest way for me because it gets me door to door in under two hours.

I don't know if I will be on the same flight as anybody else from Taiwan, the chances are very low. I can count the active Steemian in Taiwan with one hand, which is very sad given that we have 22million population. The Steemians going to SteemFest are even less. The only person who is likely to go is @stoodkev who's a witness. So this will be the first time that I'm flying on my own since a long long time.

Once I land Bangkok airport, I will meet my partner in crime, my room mate for the next few days. And when I say meet, I really do mean meet because I've never met her in person before. That would be fun. I think our flights arrive around the same time, so once we meet up, we'll have to figure out how to get to the hotel. Luckily a few days ago, @roelandp posted the directions on the SteemFest Telegram group. Here's the link if you need it, and the options.

1. Airport Transfer Service - 1500 baht for group van - or single taxi: 250-400 Baht + toll fees (45-70 baht)
   Find taxis or taxivans servicing for 1500 Baht into town.
2. By Airport Rail Link Skytrain (recommended) 150 baht for express (1 stop) - 45 baht commuter (8 stops)
   Skip all traffic and head by public transport. The Air Rail Link gets you in 15 minutes directly onto Phaya Thai - From there you can take a taxi for the last mile, walk 30 minutes, or head via the BTS sky train 1 stop and then the Khlong Saen Saep ferry 2 stops.

Bangkok traffic is quite notorious, so the Air Rail Link seems like the best option as I don't want to be stuck in traffic.

All in all, I reckon my actual road to Steemfest will probably take me about 8.5 hours.

Leg	Hour
Home to coach station	0.5
Coach to airport	2.0
Waiting at airport	2.0
Flight to Bangkok	3.5
Commute to hotel	0.5
Total door to door to SteemFest	8.5

Wow, I just realised we're getting in Countdown minus 30 now..... SteemFest is coming a lot quicker than I expected.

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不經不覺 SteemFest4還有一個月就在曼谷舉行。 這次將會是我第一次參加。 我記得 SF2時，我剛加入 Steemit 不到兩三個月 ，那次當然沒有想過要去。去年SF3在捷克舉行，也曾經有想過要否去？ 結果宣佈舉行日期時，剛遇上我已安排了去日本旅遊，於是跟很多Steemian 朋友緣慳一面。

到了SF4，原來這屆在亞洲舉行，還在泰國的曼谷。 曼谷我已經很多年沒有去過，這次正好順便去旅行。 但重點當然是去認識這兩年在Steemit上交了的朋友。CN區我知道 @joythewanderer 會去， 很開心又可以見到她, 還有@travelgirl 經常在網上聊天，我們終於可以見臉喔！台灣的活躍 Steemian 一隻手可以數得出，美女@deanliu 好像說沒打算去，貓女@catwomanteresa 之前說還在考慮中， 看來我要做代表了。大馬區應該有不少人去，希望CN 去到時有更多人出席， 畢竟這次在亞洲舉行，是去認識朋友的大好機會，期待可以見到大家！

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