Farewell America

I leave this country and the comforts of home in 19 hours. This trip has been a dream of mine for so long now, it doesn’t seem real. The hours spent planning, researching and purchasing are all a dress rehearsal for the main event. And ready or not the curtain will go up at 11:25 a.m. when I depart from the Columbus airport.

Thanks in large part to my ambitious grandmother I’ve finished all my errands (picking up a the Lonely Planet’s Southeast Asia on a Shoestring Guidebook, going to the bank, repairing a watch, buying a flight from Nepal to Egypt, checking my email…the list never ends) and best of all I’m packed. The hiking backpack previously slouched on the floor is now upright and packed to the brim including my sleeping bag and yoga mat bungied to the top.

So at least if it doesn’t feel like I’m ready for the part. I look it!

Here is the most recent itinerary:
Leave September 10 to Miami, Fl then from Miami to Buenos Aires, Argentina
September 11-25, Argentina
September 25 – January, New Zealand
January-February 18th, Australia
February 18th-beginning of April, SE ASIA including Malaysia, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam
April 7 - ?, India
May, Nepal
June 2- ?, Egypt
Late June, Greece
Mid July, Spain
August, Morocco
Early September, Spain – London –Home

I included the dates to and from the places I have tickets for. Some tickets will be purchased on the road and some boarders will be crossed on land so there isn’t an exact arrival/departure date yet.

I hope you all will continue on this journey with me!

-Jeanna