
A key reason I always jump at the chance to attend the Latin America Amateur Championship (LAAC) and the Asia Pacific Amateur Championship (AAC) is that I always experience some kind of memorable adventure trying to make my way to them.
This is the 7th LAAC I’ve attended and I’ve been to four instalments of the AAC to boot. I have some great stories about trying to get on the wrong flight to Santiago, fearing for my personal safety having lied about my reasons for going to Shanghai and getting thoroughly lost in Kawagoe City…