The Misadventures of Joey Tafuro

You are probably wondering what kind of crazy adventure I am going to get myself into next. I can’t only about a week and a half home and I’m already daydreaming about travel. I honestly thought it would take a little longer. Thailand is the first place I have been that I have an instant urge to return to. I also would like to see more of central Africa while it is still untouched by travel.

I have had a lot of dream trips in mind over the last few years and the one I actually just took was a little off course at times and I spent more money than I should have on airfare with poor planning. I’d like to limit the amount of flying for my next travels. Maybe London to Saigon overland by train that way I’m only putting a few hundred dollars on the one-way flight to London and I can get there non-stop from Tampa. I’d like to take Spanish lessons at some point to get a basic understanding and then eventually travel through Central America to get my practice. I would like to get back to Africa for a safari and Kilimanjaro climb but I have to smart about this and that is just too costly for the amount of time I would get to be there.

I’m still set for school in the fall and a class over the summer and I don’t plan on doing epic trips for awhile and most likely after I graduate but in the mean time I will just have to figure out a nice 1-2 week spot to get to.

I moved home this past weekend. Temporarily. I’m just sticking around till my trip starts and will be returning to my parents after the trip to get my life back to together before heading off and doing whatever it is I am going to do. To be determined…

Living with the parents has its upsides of course but it also has its downsides. Free meals, free rent, laundry etc. etc. I’m real appreciative of them for letting me use their home as a stepping stone. It would be a real pain in the ass having to worry about paying rent somewhere else while i’m in another country. The privacy lacks and my bedroom is hot as hell but I guess it is all getting me used to life on the road. I’m going to go from no privacy to somehow even less privacy in shared bathrooms, guest houses and hostels.

I keep telling myself … 2 months to go. It’ll be here in no time.

In other planning news, I called the health department this morning because I have to get some more immunizations and they told me that their refridgerator broke and they lost all their yellow fever vaccinations so I have to try in a couple of weeks. I was supposed to get all of this done awhile ago but put it off. As long as I get it done 6 weeks before my trip i’ll be ok. The lady on the phone asked me if I was allergic to eggs and if I was 65 years or older. Do I honestly sound like a 65 year old man? And what if I was 64 and a half?

Get off my lawn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh yea, countdown check… 1 month 26 days