After countess nights of staying in, making dinner, and working on a puzzle, we are finally on our way! After no new clothes for a year, crashing (very graciously) in my cousin’s basement for the month of November, and selling nearly everything we own, we are off to start this crazy adventure.
We have spent an untold number of evenings on the couch discussing finances and flight plans, immunizations and State Department safety checks, packing lists and how to say goodbye. We have painstakingly researched credit cards that have no foreign transaction fees and great benefits for travel. We have acquired Sheckles, Dinar, and Lira along with quite a collection of prescription antibiotics. And we have fit the next nine month’s of my and Jonathan’s belongings into two backpacks weighing respectively, 25 and 35 pounds. So away we go!
Currently, the itinerary looks like this from November through August (though revisions will most certainly be necessary):
Israel –> Jordan –> Greece (for a 12 hour layover in Athens!) –> Turkey –> South Africa –> Botswauna –> Sri Lanka –> Thailand –> Vietnam –> Cambodia –> New Zealand –> Australia –> Indonesia –> Bolivia –> Peru –> Ecuador –> Colombia –> Panama –> Cuba
Any and all suggestions and contacts along the way would be graciously welcomed! I truly believe the best way to travel is through the connections of friends. Shoot me an email with anyone we should meet, the places and foods we just can’t miss, and anything we should probably avoid 🙂
Thank you all again for joining us as I jot down our conversations, ideas, spins, facts, and pictures of the world we will be encountering and processing over the next 9 months. All our love.
Eastbound and Down 
yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay suerte!
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Hey guys! When are you going to be in Thailand? Beka and I will be in the Philippines, Bangkok, Bali, and Singapore from Jan-Mar!)… maybe we can meet up!? 🙂 Safe travels!!!
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Yes!!! Oh my gosh! We are there in February!!
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Goodbye!!!! Safe travels! Let me know when you head to Vietnam and Thailand. I have family in Vietnam and Australia that could give you some assistance!
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My father lives and is from Ecuador. I’ve never been to the Galapagos Islands, but he has, and from the pics they are gorgeous. Also Salinas has beautiful beaches. A really fun town to go to is Montanita….great surfing and drinks and shops! Enjoy 🙂
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