Yay! I got my fabulous Bike Friday in the mail yesterday. She will be my companion on future travels in foreign lands. Of course, Mike will be there too. The bike is cleverly designed to fold up into a suitcase, which can later turn into a trailer. She's a beaut! I'll be posting some pics soon, so you can admire her from afar.
About my earlier post: Mike informs me that biking through El Salvador might constitute a suicide mission, so that's one country we probably won't be visiting. I've been reading some literature on cycling Central America, though, and I'm excited.
Finally, I got some good news about my teaching prospects for next year. I will be able to teach an online course at ASU while I'm in South America. This will be especially awesome because I will still be receiving paychecks in U.S. dollars. Plus, I'll be able to take "research credits" which will allow me to continue work on my degree while abroad. Sweet deal!
Friday, April 27, 2007
Saturday, April 21, 2007
Blog Launch
Welcome to my blog!
Chances are I won't be updating it for a little while, but I fully intend to use this site during my travels. Since I plan on spending a good year traveling and working outside the U.S., I figure this will be a good way of keeping everyone up-to-speed with what I'm doing.
I will be posting travel observations, cultural oddities, itineraries, etc. on this site. As you probably already know, I'm horrible about taking photos; hopefully Mike will allow me to post some of his to spice up the site.
As of now, we're hoping to do a bit of bike travel over the summer. Plans are to leave towards the end of June or beginning of July. We will start by flying to Cancun. From there, we're planning on biking our way through Central America. I'd like to try to hit every country (Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama), but we haven't yet gotten to the point of figuring out a practical route. From Panama, we plan to travel by air or sea to Ecuador, thus avoiding Columbia for obvious reasons. Then, from Ecuador we will travel to Peru, hopefully arriving around the beginning of September. This will give me a little time to settle in a bit before flying back for Josh and Kristen's wedding. When we return to Peru, I'll be ready to start teaching English. Sound like a plan?
Chances are I won't be updating it for a little while, but I fully intend to use this site during my travels. Since I plan on spending a good year traveling and working outside the U.S., I figure this will be a good way of keeping everyone up-to-speed with what I'm doing.
I will be posting travel observations, cultural oddities, itineraries, etc. on this site. As you probably already know, I'm horrible about taking photos; hopefully Mike will allow me to post some of his to spice up the site.
As of now, we're hoping to do a bit of bike travel over the summer. Plans are to leave towards the end of June or beginning of July. We will start by flying to Cancun. From there, we're planning on biking our way through Central America. I'd like to try to hit every country (Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama), but we haven't yet gotten to the point of figuring out a practical route. From Panama, we plan to travel by air or sea to Ecuador, thus avoiding Columbia for obvious reasons. Then, from Ecuador we will travel to Peru, hopefully arriving around the beginning of September. This will give me a little time to settle in a bit before flying back for Josh and Kristen's wedding. When we return to Peru, I'll be ready to start teaching English. Sound like a plan?
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