Welcome to my blog that I’ve set up to chronicle eleven months of travel and adventure around the world. A big part of this trip is about experiencing life and all that it has to offer, meeting new people and their cultures, and also telling the incredible stories of those making a positive impact in people’s lives. I hope that this blog can serve as my microphone on issues that I care about, but also a place for me to share my thoughts, hopes, dreams, fears – and maybe some debauchery to boot.
Heading out in mid-January, my journey begins in Nosara, Costa Rica, for a couple of weeks of Spanish (and some surfing on the side) where I’ll be staying with a local family. From there, it’s off to South America for three months (February-April) where I’ll be in Columbia, Peru, and Argentina for about a month at a time. Southeast Asia will be the next stop with two months (May, June) traveling overland through Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand. After SE Asia, I’m going to India for about two months (July, August) where I’ll take to the rails to explore that chaotic, colorful country – with the possibility of a short stint in Greece before heading to sub-Saharan Africa for the last three months (September, October, November) in Uganda, Rwanda, and Mozambique. Any and all advice on these places – hostels, sites to see, people to meet, etc – would be much appreciated!
This blog will also be one of the first places where I’ll write in my own voice about my views and experiences as I’ve spent the last seven years speaking on behalf of others… a very exciting, yet scary endeavor so please be kind.
I’ll be writing many more posts about planning the trip, why I’ve decided to embark on this journey, as well as reports from on-the-ground so keep checking the site and subscribe if you’d like to know when I post.
