I’m officially on holiday, which means travel. And unlike Alan, my trip is on like Donkey Kong.

Tomorrow I’m taking a 16 hour bus ride to Le Plagne 1800 high up in the French alps. I got a sweet deal on the trip through the Imperial University Malaysian Club. Yes, I fully expect it to be completely hilarious. I’m there until the Dec. 27.

I’m then taking the train up to Geneva, where I’ll spend a couple of nights before taking train and boat over to Montreux. My friend Aaron, of penguin kiss fame, and his buddy Evan will be picking me up at the casino in Montreux and we’ll head to Grimentz for another week of skiing. We’ll then road trip it to the Netherlands on Jan. 3. I’m flying back to London on Sunday, then right back to the desk the next day.

The toughest choices about this trip have been in packing. I’m taking my laptop. I want to blog this trip so I’ll need the laptop. Also, I know it will be nice to be able to skype with my family during the holidays I would normally be spending with them. Also, I’m taking my SLR, but no surprise there. With all my ski gear this is a fair bit of kit, but I’ve managed to get it into my 44 liter day bag and my camera bag, so I’ll be rockin the 2 backpack look.

Updated: with map!