Day -28: Cozumel, Mexico. October 2005 Good news and bad news. Good news is I found a ticket from Milan (where I’ll meet my brother Matt for a few days in mid-March) to Bratislava (Slovakia) on the 21st of March for a penny + tax so I comes out to $13.84. Its a bummer that [...]
Day: -31 Laughlin,Nevada. January 3, 2006. For those of you wondering on how I am packing for a trip like this. Oh how to choose? And what should I bring? My main bag: After trying out countless bags I settled on a Kelty 3100 cubic inch (50 liter) bag. I have packed it a few [...]
Day: -32 I did it! I bought my one way ticket to Geneva for $367 and I leave on Feb 28th at 12:16pm and arrive in Switzerland on March 1 (Day 1 of my trip) at 2:20pm. I am so excited I feel like I did before when I was seven and it was christmas [...]
Day -35: I have often told people “I’m going to take a trip around the world” (well, ad the slur and speed of my Californian dialect and it sounds like “imgonnatakeatriproundtheworld”) the most common response to this is “Do it while you can”, “Do it while you’re young” or “I wish I could do that” [...]
Day -38 So I just got the “bills” from all my checkups and tests I had, and it turns out that my insurance isn’t going to cover me. No huge surprise, just another $530 from my budget, dammit. Oh well, in 38 days I’ll be on an airplane, When I hope this blog will get [...]
Day -42 I say I cant wait to leave, but trying to plan for a year of your life abroad is a lot of work. Credit cards, Bank accounts, Selling my house, Selling my car, Backpacks and packing (it takes a lot of thought to decide on what you “need”), Figuring out my new laptop, [...]
Progresso, Mexico 0ct. 2005.
53 Days Left! Well, that is if my escrow closes on time. It may take an extra week or two to start if I run into some problems.
My trip starts March 1st. and I am going to attempt to post a new picture everyday for my entire trip from where ever I am at.
