Getting Ready to Depart

I realized this morning that I should get with it, "it" being the new wave of communication, and thus I have created a blog. I leave for Bangkok, Thailand in 12 days and have little to no interest in writing big group emails once or twice a week. If you are interested in where I am or what I am doing, this will be an easy way for you to check it. Now, I'm not typically very diligent about keeping things updated, I've never successfully kept a journal or diary, but hopefully this will be a communication system that will work. At this point I am pledging to at least try.

I am home in Boise this week, doing some last minute, very important errands such as: purchasing sweat wicking undergarments, a hat, getting a typhoid fever shot, sleeping as much as humanly possible etc. Today, if I'm being honest, I am feeling pretty nervous/overwhelmed about my big adventure. I am traveling with Gap Adventures, doing the Indochina Encompassed tour with a group of 7 people. I have never met them, nor have we communicated very much at this point. I am assuming we all realize that 30 days with a small group of people could be a bit much. I am bringing at least one book, and ear plugs. But I am also going in to this trip with an open mind and heart.