Realism Rears it's Head

November 28. I think I've officially nailed the date I will be leaving. And right now, all it leaves me with is a sense of dread.

Why? I'm not quite sure. Could be a multitude of things. Could be the results of doing my income taxes. Could be looking at the actual prices for the flights. Could even be the bureaucracy I've had to deal with already with a couple countries.

The Route - At least as of Jan. 31

It’s the end of January. Things are beginning to come together in terms of pre-trip preparations. There’s still one minor minor detail that I am still tweaking. That of the route I’m going to take.

From the experience of others who have done a trip like this before, the theme that seems to prevail is that one can only plan so much. Two week vacations to a resort in the Caribbean, and all that could possibly go wrong during it, is peanuts compared to a trip that lasts a year. One major delay on my trip can throw months of detailed planning completely out the window.

And so, there won’t be any detailed planning.