Monday, 15 January 2007

First post

Howdy all,

My man Vincent sent me a link to his blog page and I thought it a fine thing indeed, despite my recognition of Dutch being rather shady. Check his at http://vincentlodder.blogspot.com/

7 April of this fine year of our lord sees me heading off from Australian shores to enjoy the next chapter of my travels. This trip - six months in South America - has been 13 months so far in the making. I continue to save and in doing so the anticipation grows. The brief, rough itinerary goes like this:


  • 07 April - Fly to Miami via LA
  • 13 April - Fly to Barbados for the ICC Cricket World Cup
  • 20 April - Fly back to Miami for the night
  • 21 April - Fly to Quito, Ecuador
  • 27 September - Fly from Sao Paulo, Brazil to Brisbane via Miami and LA

What happens in the big middle bit is anyone's guess, though I predict three months of hiking and wandering about Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia followed by two months of Amazon jungle and beach action in Brazil. I also have the enjoyable task of turning 30 whilst over there. Should be a good party, methinks.

I won't prattle on any more as I still have 11 weeks of work to go, and 12 weeks of waiting before Amy, Rusty and I crack a cold can on the flight to the US and begin the trip proper.

Cheers, Lee