Getting closer

Me anxious to start our trip
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We are getting closer to our departure date. We have less than one week left in our apartment. We will be staying with Jess' family until our flight leaves Aug 13. I have found a backpack. I picked it up at Fontana on the west side, the guy there was really helpful. It is pretty sweet considering my possesions will be residing in one bag for a year.

Jess and I are getting very anxious. We are really excited to go and we hope we are ready. Ready. Ha, you can't really be ready for a trip with so many destinations. Just an update on our destinations. We have pretty much figured out the plan. Here goes

Jess also ready to get on our way
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2 weeks in Japan starting Aug 13 A couple of days in Singapore A month - 1.5 months in Indonesia 4-5 months SE Asia and Southern china 2 months in New Zealand/Australia 1.5- 2 months in India and Nepal Possibly 2 months traveling overland from South Africa to Kenya 1 Month in Egypt, Jordan Syria A couple months in Europe.

So yes it isn't all worked out and the Southern Africa part of the trip may not happen due to time and money. If the trip takes longer than 12 months well we might just have to do that. We want to leave our schedule as flexible as possible so we can stay in areas longer or for shorter time periods. We will just have to buy our flights along the way.

I will update again soon. It almost seems like there is too much to talk about. Peace Eli and Jess