When taking a trip to any destination, one of the most difficult questions is always, “What to pack?”  It rates right up there with ”Where am I going?” and “How in the hell am i going to pay for all this?”  On a long-term backpacking trip the question becomes even more difficult.  Each item that makes the list is going to be strapped to your back for months, hauled onto buses, hiked through town, and even checked on a plane once in a while.   The items that you once threw in your roll-aboard for the trip to the Bahamas start to look a lot more heavy when you realize they will be sitting on your lap during 15 hour bus rides.   

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So, even though I haven’t actually gotten around to getting a new post up for over 4 months now, you’re still around right?  You haven’t quite given up on me and are willing to give me a second chance?  I’ve got good reasons.  Trust me, I always have plenty of excuses.  This time though it is truely no more than 50% to blame on my laziness, and the rest to blame on the rest of the world.

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You’d think that now that I have this fancy new website up and running I’d have a pretty good idea where this trip is actually going to take me.  If I did, you can be pretty sure I’d be filling this page with grand stories about all of the amazing things you’ll soon get to experience with me if you just stick around here a bit longer.  Truth is, I don’t have a clue… 

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