For those who are not already aware of it, the schedule for our journey has been drastically adjusted. One of the great joys of traveling the way we have been for the last five months is the freedom it allows. When we left in February we had purchased only one way tickets to Bangkok and had sketched out just a rough itinerary. Little more than a list of countries and the months we thought we'd be there.
The world is not a static place though and many things combined to change that list: the plummeting dollar, the events in Tibet, China, and Myanmar, and admittedly general burnout from spending so much time within a single region. So it was we decided that we would abandon our plans to travel to Vietnam, China, Tibet, Indonesia, and New Zealand. Instead we grabbed our bags and hopped on a plane to Istanbul, our sites set firmly on the more stable parts of the Middle East.
So there you have it. The next few segments of the Yakcast will be relaying messages from the Cradle of Civilization as Amanda and I trek through Turkey, Egypt, Israel, and Jordan. After these countries I will be continuing on to Nepal and India alone as Amanda heads home to Boston to spend some time with her family.
I should be back in the US in time to vote, and back in Seattle around mid-November. Unless of course something else changes. Stay tuned, I'll keep you posted.
1 comment:
Yikes its gonna be hot in the Middle east. I had a dream last night that you returned to sell some statues of comic book characters you had to fund your trip...I got back from a two week trip to Germany and Italy. Goodluck! I would still wear Canadian maple leaf patches in Egypt.
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