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About Me (1)
Bolivia (5) Buenos Aires (2) Chile (12) General South America (2) India (10) Lao (3) Miscellaneous (5) Patagonia (8) Peru (20) Pre-Departure Thoughts (12) Thailand (7) Vietnam (3)
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* Camping Out
* Going Away Party Pix * Hello, Host Family! * Advice for the Nomad * The Itinerary * Tickets, check... * Courage? * The Countdown Continues... * Three Weeks Til Moving Day * 39 Days to Go...
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August 31, 2004Camping OutOver the weekend, I moved out of my room and put most of my stuff in storage. It was a relatively smooth process, but it was exhausting! It was also totally bizarre to see everything I own stacked up in...Read this update August 25, 2004Going Away Party PixAs I mentioned earlier, my roommates and friends organized a totally fun going away party for me last weekend. It was so nice to just laze around and do nothing for awhile, and to see a bunch of my friends...Read this update August 24, 2004Hello, Host Family!I just found out a little bit about the family I'll be staying with in Cusco, Peru, while I'm studying Spanish. The father is an electrical engineer, and his wife is a lawyer. They have a 5-year-old daughter and a...Read this update August 23, 2004Advice for the NomadWhen you tell people you're taking a trip around the world, their response often involves advice--some tidbit learned from their own travels. I think the most useful advice (more of a warning, really) I've received so far (which I discounted...Read this update August 22, 2004The ItinerarySubject to change, of course, but here's the current plan. It'll be interesting to see how this changes over time. September 10: SFO to Lima September 11: Lima to Cuzco September 13-October 1: Spanish classes in Cuzco October 6-11: hike...Read this update August 20, 2004Tickets, check...To commemorate the three-week point until my departure (just a coincidence, really), today I'm buying the rest of my tickets! I think I've found the perfect balance between winging it and planning ahead: I'm just buying a few tickets for...Read this update August 19, 2004Courage?A lot of people have commented on how "brave" or "courageous" I am to take this trip, and I nod along, but in the back of my head I often think "I don't know about brave... I'm scared to death!"...Read this update August 18, 2004The Countdown Continues...22 days to go! I'm seeing my to do list shrink daily, and I'm somehow managing to live in the ongoing chaos that is my room--and my life. I've learned that it's not that my new bank is an evil...Read this update August 08, 2004Three Weeks Til Moving DayIt seems it's all about the countdowns these days. How many days left at work (19), how many days until I move out of my apartment (21), how many days until I leave (33). I bought sour cream the other...Read this update August 01, 200439 Days to Go...I am slowly, very slowly, it seems, making progress on my enormous To Do list. I signed up for travel insurance, so that's one of the biggies I checked off today. I also took a self defense class, which was...Read this update |
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