Some time ago I was feeling a bit restless. At the time, I was working four days a week in Baltimore and flying home to Chicago on the weekends. I liked my job and enjoyed the travel but in some ways was living two half lives instead of one whole life. I decided that I needed some sort of change; something to reshuffle my life and break me out of the rut that I was in.
About this time I saw the below picture on a travel website.
When I see it now I realize that it's not a particularly impressive picture, but at the time that I first saw the photo, I had an overwhelming urge to go somewhere like this; to break away from the airports, hotels, and cab rides that were currently my life and do something exciting and different. Out of this, the idea for a three month backpacking trip was born.
So I began tentatively planning; feeling out the possibility of not working for three months, researching places to go, checking out prices, and I came to realization that this thing might actually be possible. Nine months later and my airfare is booked, my itinerary is loosely planned, and in barely a month, I depart.
Because I am generally terrible at long-distance communication, I decided that I would create a blog with all photos and updates that everyone can check. My hope is that if there is just one place that I have to update, then I will be more likely to do so.
So, please forgive me if I don't return Facebook messages; I often listen to and promptly forget voicemails; and I am delinquent when returning e-mails. However, if my travails interest you, I'd love to have you follow along on (what I hope to be) my exciting journey!
Hey Casey, I had been swondering what you were up to. Now i inderstand! That's amazing, your pics are awesome. Hope you are doing well in your Asian travels. :)
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