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We are now Super Humans!

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

Steve and I are now officially immune to…

Steve: Hep A & B, Rabies (sort of, I’ll explain below), Typhoid, Yellow Fever, Measles, Mumps, Rubella, and Tetanus.

Gina: Hep A, Typhoid, Yellow Fever, Polio, Tetanus, Meningitis, Measles, Mumps, and Rubella.

Yippee!

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Cameras cameras everywhere!

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

I am having a hard time picking a digital camera to purchase for the trip. There’s so many options to take into account. I’ve never owned a digital camera. About 4 years ago I received a very nice 35 mm camera for Christmas from my grandmother. It was just what I wanted. I had taken a course in photography for my journalism minor while in college, and the crappy clunker digital cameras we were assigned managed to completely turn me off of the things. How very sad. If only I would have taken the time to visit an electronics store and realize that digital cameras had come along way since those old beasts were made. I would’ve asked for a nice digital camera instead. But now my eyes have been opened…surprisingly by Steve’s 3 year old Cannon 4 mp, 3x optical zoom with about a 1″ screen. I really love his camera. It’s small, fairly easy to use, and until the last couple of days I didn’t realize quite what I’d been missing.

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Steve is a College Graduate! Well, sort of…

Monday, December 10th, 2007
Saturday was Steve's graduation. But for some odd reason, UC Berkeley, in its infinite wisdom, has decided that it's best to hold their Fall convocation ceremony before the students are actually done with classes. So, Saturday Steve "graduated," and today ... [Continue reading this entry]

Itinerary Update #1

Sunday, December 9th, 2007
I'm taking a long-shot guess here that this won't be the last itinerary change/update. So, I've decided to name it the first, numero uno, #1. So, here's the updated table:
June '08 July '08 Aug '08 Sept '08 Oct '08 Nov '08
Peru Peru Ecuador Ecuador China China China
Dec '08 Jan '09 Feb '09 Mar ... [Continue reading this entry]

Travel blog hiatus explained

Sunday, December 9th, 2007
It's been a while since I last posted anything--for a couple of reasons. First, I quit my job. This had a two-fold affect on my writing. 1: I'm no longer sitting bored out of my mind in front of a computer all ... [Continue reading this entry]