We'll definitely be going to South America. Going to Europe was fun, but it really reinforced to me how much I love latin America. We're planning on Peru.
We'll also be going to Hawaii, but only because after all of our adventuring I've promised Katie a real "vacation" where we can just chill for a week ;-).
Nice. Yeah, I was actually thinking Peru. For some reason I'm wanting to see mountain ruins all of a sudden. Its been a long time since I've taken my camera somewhere other than the forests around here. Need to branch out. =)
I'm not sure how Katie things adventuring isn't a vacation though!
Katie loves adventuring - but it's definitely stressful. Not knowing where you're going to sleep each night; having to negotiate/translate everything; worrying about disease, bugs, etc; dealing with muggers, corrupt police, etc. We get back from our trips and while we always have a great time, we're ready to just veg for a week! We always spend the last night in the lap of sanitized luxury for that reason.
Of course, Europe wasn't like that - and I think that's, in part, why we didn't like it as much ;-).
Yeah, I can definitely see that. I think that's part of why I'm not really even considering Europe or one of the more "civilized" destinations. Good call on adding recovery time to the end of the trip though, I'll have to keep that in mind. Otherwise I'd probably schedule myself to be back at work the day after I fly into Seattle. :P
The recovery time can be hard to justify. In Guatemala the last night (out of 30) took up like 15% of our budget! And that's not because it was expensive - but we'd became accustomed to paying, you know, $20/night for lodging and $5/day on food.
Do you have any suggestions for resources for somebody who's never really done this sort of thing before? I have to admit, I'm at something of a loss as to how to handle the whole not knowing where I'm staying at night sort of thing, and all the other associated unknowns with this sort of trip.
Why not play it out like one does when long-distance hiking with others? Pick an end point (and make arrangements for lodging there) but then the getting there portion is completely up in the air? That or I'd probably pick a few key spots I wanted to visit, plan ahead a few days in each, but leave the intermediate stuff to be a bit more open?
We'll also be going to Hawaii, but only because after all of our adventuring I've promised Katie a real "vacation" where we can just chill for a week ;-).
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I'm not sure how Katie things adventuring isn't a vacation though!
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Of course, Europe wasn't like that - and I think that's, in part, why we didn't like it as much ;-).
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Do you have any suggestions for resources for somebody who's never really done this sort of thing before? I have to admit, I'm at something of a loss as to how to handle the whole not knowing where I'm staying at night sort of thing, and all the other associated unknowns with this sort of trip.
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