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[24 Apr 2009 | 6 Comments]
Learning Spanish

Since I am going to be spending almost 3 months in a predominantly Spanish speaking continent I think it may be a good idea to learn a bit of Spanish before I go. My time in South America is the longest I will be spending anywhere that the same language is spoken throughout. I will be in Asia for longer, but each country that I will visiting there speaks a different language so I will need to hope I can get by with a few phrases and the Vegan Passport. …

Pre-trip, South America »

[20 Apr 2009 | 2 Comments]
Its not all sight seeing

A trip of this nature needs to have a lot of variety to keep it interesting and to prevent burning out. It would be very easy to just go from one place to the next, seeing all the famous sights, but thats not for me. I think that would become very repetitive and would feel like I was doing little more than ticking things off a list. I want something more from this trip. I want to learn about the culture and history of the countries I visit, meet the …