In Stark”s world, Friday nights often imply going to the airport to get a world flight in another country and returning on Monday morning prepared to go straight to work.
The 20-something Shanghai-based tech skilled, who prefers to maintain his actual identify non-public, has proved you need not take a niche yr or stop your job to journey the world.
Lately, he has spent practically each weekend touring to greater than 60 nations, a few of them a number of instances. Through the use of completely different time zones and tight layovers to his benefit, he just lately turned a mid-June weekend right into a 42-hour Hawaiian escape with out taking a day without work work.
After a hop from Shanghai to Tokyo and an in a single day flight throughout the Pacific, Stark landed in Honolulu on what was nonetheless Friday morning native time. Because of Hawaii’s 18-hour time distinction with Beijing, he was gifted a “second Friday”.
At dawn on Saturday, he joined early-bird hikers ascending Diamond Head — one in every of Honolulu’s most iconic volcanic craters. “It is a favourite amongst hikers,” he famous, “and an ideal spot to view the town skyline.”
That afternoon, Stark booked a small island loop tour. From the golden stretches of Waikiki Seashore to the rugged southeastern shoreline, the bus made a number of scenic stops — every lookout revealing dramatic magnificence.
Later, he visited Pearl Harbor, the place the historical past of World Conflict II casts a protracted shadow.
Stark, who works extra time to finance his travels, had arrived simply in time for ongoing celebrations to mark King Kamehameha Day, one in every of Hawaii’s most essential holidays.
He joined crowds lining the sidewalks of Honolulu as flower-draped floats and grass-skirted dancers paraded previous in celebration of the king who unified the islands. “It was like watching historical past and festivities dance collectively,” he stated.
Nonetheless, by 2 am on Monday, he was again in Shanghai in time to go to work.
