Just Getting Started

For my first posting I thought I'd summarize how Anita and I arrived at our decision to shake up our lives and hit the road for a few months...

Both of us have previously had the opportunity to do some long-term traveling, but not with eachother. We've always talked about how we'd love to share a travel experience together. But when? Recently Anita was accepted to a 2-year post graduate training course which starts Fall '06, and we're hoping to start a family at some point in the near future. So we suddenly realized - it had to be now, or who-knows-when...maybe never?

After a solid couple weeks of pro's/con's lists, budget calculations and some serious soul searching we finally made our decision to go for it. The next day we both found ourselves facing the reality of our decision by officially resigning from our jobs.

So now we are working hard to tie up loose ends and getting ready to backpack through Northern India, Mauritius and Kenya for the next 2 months. Its a big world out there! Can't wait!