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South of the Border Planning

I have been really stuck with the South America planning for a number of reasons, but I think I had a breakthrough today.  I woke up with a new plan in my head so maybe I was working on it in my sleep.  This seems to happen to me regularly and I am glad my brain is solving my day-to-day problems when I am not aware.  I used to wake up with solutions to problems in school and work so why not continue it with the travel logistics.

I plan to depart for Central America around November 1st.  I’m not sure where yet, but I want to spend a month somewhere and take a Spanish immersion class.  I will be in Panama for a kayak tour of the San Blas islands over Christmas.  I may sneak in a trip to Buca (new name for a small island 90 miles south of Key West) before or after the kayaking.  Early January may place me in Colombia before arriving in Ecuador by January 19th for a kayak tour of Galapagos with my sister, Julie, and California friends, John and Jean.  My niece, Jillian, will then meet us in Quitos at the end of January and the two of us will take a couple of weeks to see Ecuador and Machu Picchu. 

Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Brazil and Venezuela will follow.  Venesuela was not on my original list, but I am less scared of places now and I would like to see Angel Falls and the Yanomami people.  Maybe end the leg in Jamaica.  This will push out my adventure in South America until May which will allow me to see the Pantanal area in Brazil.  This also means that I will not get back to Africa until next summer and there are ramifications considering the Sahara gets a little toasty at that time of the year.  That’s another problem for another night’s sleep to solve.  This new plan solves enough logistical problems to satisfy me today.



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