The Road to Steem Fest | Business or Pleasure?

1 - If I consider that having 1st hand information about Steem projects can help my Steem blog to grow or my chances of winning Steem...than my answer is: "Business"!!.

_{Although, I believe SF will be live streaming like in the past year, so that 1st hand information will be available to everyone!!}

2 - Also, I can't forget the amount of money I'm (and will be) spending on this journey. Without regrets, I believe it would be easier for me to look to my 2019's cashflow and see this travel to Thailand like an investment.
_{However, I'm not running, or planning to run, any project on Steem, so I won't be asking for funds, or votes that pay back my expenses:D On the other hand, this travel can be seen as a personal investment. No matter what happens, my life insight will be richer after this experience!}

3 - I would love to meet a whale...I already had that chance twice (SF2 and SF3)...but I haven't! At least, I think I haven't.
_{What's the problem!? Me!!when I meet and engage with another steemian I don't know (and don't care) how much SteemPower they have on their wallets. Also, I only recognize @blocktrades, but I've never had the courage to talk with him. I think "if I've nothing important or interesting to say, than it's better to keep my mouth shut!"**}

Despite of being smarter if I said it was for business, in fact it is mainly for pleasure

I will spend my last 15 vacation days to travel to Thailand in November. Attending SteemFest 4 is the main driver of our decision (mine and @rmach's), but not only.

I'm going to Thailand because:

• I know I will love to hang out in Bangkok with steem lovers like me!
• @roelandp is a master in the organization of SteemFest :) _{Looking forward to the new 1st day venue :) It will be awesome!!}
• It's a great deal and an opportunity to be introduced to an Asian country (food and culture)
• I will have the chance to swim in warm waters and hopefully get tanned in N O V E M B E R!!!

The past week I've renewed my passport and had my vaccines.
Nest steps:

• Book the hotel for the second week plus the last night in Bangkok;
• Travel insurance
• Moskito net/ repelent and medicines...
• (...?)

See ya in Bangkok!!

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Previous #roadtosteemfest posts:

• The road to Steem Fest | A trip down memory lane with Liliana.Duarte
• Road to SteemFest⁴ | Budgeting
• Road to SteemFest⁴ | Funding thanks to HF 21 (now HF22)
• The Road to Steem Fest | Thai Life, What I want to Experience in Thailand