Friday, July 25, 2008

Quick Update...

Goodbye partying ain't going so well...

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Like the acceleration of a Volvo 245 DL

So a month has gone by, how much stuff from my last post have I accomplished?

Nothing.

In fact, I've taken a step backwards. I have no idea what the hell I’m gonna do in a month. You see, my original plan was to go out and fly to Bangkok, talk to a bunch of travelers and figure out the rest of the trip from there. It sounded like a great idea. It had been endorsed by a random blogger. Perfect! I ran this idea by my seasoned traveler friends and they said that was the worst idea they’d ever heard. I thought they were Been There Done That morons so I ran the idea by my non traveling friends. They told me I was an idiot. Even people who’ve never been out of the country told me I was doing it wrong.

You know something? They’re all right.

Traveling to Bangkok before doing up the rest of the world is like spending a wild week in New York then moving to Paducah Kentucky for a year. The first part is great but, in comparison, the rest is a huge let down.

So I've come up with a revised plan: Try Eastern Europe and Turkey first. Come back to the states for Christmas and decide between the following two options:

1. Fly out to Southeast Asia and India
2. Return to the west coast for a while, do some consulting here and there, go surfing and snowboarding as much as possible, date a supermodel, then go to Southeast Asia and India.

It’s looking like number 2, if the consulting works out, would be a good pick. It’ll give me a chance to get my feet wet for a few months and come back to reality then plunge into everything again. Plus if the consulting works out, I’ll have a bit more spending money for the journey. With the Dow at 11,000, the idea of selling stocks is about as appealing as slamming my own head in a car door (yes, I've actually done that before…).

I suppose we’ll see how this plays out in the coming months. Til then, I need to get back on track with a bit of planning, purchasing and goodbye partying.