Making It Happen - A Travel Plan
I’m working on a more detailed and useful plan now, if it looks familiar it’s probably because I blatantly ripped it off from Dave, why? Well the layout was simple enough and very easy and useful to follow, so planning and keeping track of things is just much easier. Obviously it is a work in progress and although it may not appear that way I don’t want to have a day by day itinerary, days in each country are just rough estimates for now and even when I make the more specific later I’m planning on leaving enough time up my sleeve to be able to spend an extra week here and there as I decide on the road. My main travel plan is that nothing should be set in stone, if I want to change how long I spend in a country, go somewhere else or something like that hopefully I’ll have set my plans so they allow that.
After saying more than once that I would and filling out the forms 3-4 times, I’ve finally had my passport photos done and have them with my application. I will be putting that in ASAP before it gets even more expensive, it is now $200 for a standard 32 page passport. I’m not going to post the photos, they are as always, shockingly terrible. Along with that I also have to renew my drivers license and our national parks pass.
While Xmas shopping on the weekend I found a shop that had the two different versions of the Headlamp I was after, I ended up getting the “Tactical” version of the Princeton Tec Quad. The only real difference between the two was that the one I got comes with coloured filters which can sometimes prove useful.
Finally the map above shows the countries I will be travelling to (Red), the most likely last minute add ons (Green) and if by some miracle I can afford it, countries in Europe I would most likely visit (Blue). Map brought to you by WhereI’veBeen.com.
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Looks like you’re gonna have some serious fun, seeing all the places you’re about to visit.
It’s a good idea to keep your plans to a minimum. You never know what will happen…
One thing though, in all my travels I’ve never had a torch with me. Never needed one either and I could never understand why people bring them. You can just as easily use a mobile or a camera…
The Headlamp is mostly for my upcoming Overland Track walk. I don’t know if I will take it O/S with me. I doubt I’ll take a mobile O/S, I want to get away from that sort of thing a bit, I dunno, I can see myself in places\situations where it would be better than the alternatives.