Trip

I'm going on a trip!

Starting around May the 5th I'll be heading to the Philippienes then traveling around south east asia. I plan on visiting Malaysia, Thailand and considering going to Cambodia, Vietnam and Tokyo. I'll be gone for 2 and a half months.

Although I don't have a lot of time to put a detailed explanation of what I plan on doing (nor do I actually know) I plan on posting updates as things develop, and while I'm travelling (as long as I can find internet cafe's). As far as preparation goes lets just say I've sorta waited to long to decide to go and am now doing everything at the worse possible time, in the middle of final exams (don't tell my parents that its a distraction). Besides school work I'm currently working on purchasing tickets, getting vaccinations, buying things I need for the trip and convincing my parents I'm going to be ok (the later of which I'm doing horrible at).

A lot of people have asked why I'm doing this. A backpacking trip in which I'll basically be roughing it for 2 months and spending most of the time figuring out how to get from point A to point B and what visa's I need on the way. (What sort of vacation is that anyways?)

This is not really a vacation as much as a learning experience. This trip will be a great opprtunity to learn more about the world and more importantly more about me. While its not something I've planned for years its something I feel is a neccesity given the oppurtunity. As an aside there seems to be a great deal of people that love doing the international backpacking thing, I've found tons of sources for information and frankly I find the concept interesting and higly appealing. Lets just say its a whole lot more fun researching Thailand then researching the constructability of masonry structures.