The Itinerary

So. I want to backpack around the world. Who doesn't? I'm not sure how or when this fits into my life, but I feel like I need to do it all in one stretch. I don't want to spend a summer in Europe and another summer in Asia and just kinda kick it. I want to pack up one bag, get a huge chunk of passport pages and visas, and then I want to leave. Probably for at least a year, maybe WOOFing (working on organic farms) or teaching English or bumming around. Whatever.

But I have this huge Rand McNally map on my wall, the kind that your second grade teacher used to show you how much ocean there is on earth. Awesome. Right now it has little thin strips of blue painter's tape traversing it in an enticing manner that Morgan and I put together the last time he was here.

This is my (or perhaps our) itinerary as it stands, years from a possible trip, on the wall of my temporary dorm room. At times it makes no sense.

Portland
Germany
Morocco
Spain
Portugal
France
UK
Ireland
Netherlands
Denmark
Sweden
Hungary
Romania
Greece
Turkey
Israel
Egypt
Kenya
Uganda
(Lake Victoria)
Tanzania
South Africa
Madagascar
India
Nepal
Cambodia
Thailand
Vietnam
Japan
(Tran-Siberian Railroad)
China
Mongolia
Russia



.... so yeah. Not a very defined shape. Lots of tangents. I can always move the blue tape if necessary.