First I get the camera, then I get the laptop, then I get the power. Ok maybe not power… then I get the plane ticket! I just bought a one-way flight to Manila, Philippines to arrive on January 10th and what I get up to after that is anyone’s guess but I see a lot of hammocks and cocktails in my future.
I’m not sure how I came to the decision to fly into the Philippines. I could have chosen some cheaper spots in Asia to start out. I guess my reasoning is that it’s sort of out of the way from the rest of Southeast Asia and if I didn’t start there I probably never would have been to cheap and lazy to hop a flight to the islands later on.
The plan is to spend a month or six weeks in the Philippines, hop over to Borneo for a few weeks to look around, pop in to Brunei to say g’day to the sultan dude and then continue on to the rest of Malaysia before flying out of Kuala Lumpur for Beijing in early April to hand around there until the Olympics.
Anything can happen between now and then but those are the rough plans and my feet are getting extremely itchy. It’s always been my dream to travel without any time limit or definite plans so I’ll be taking things as they come and going with the flow as much as possible.
You may have noticed that I’ve got an extra link up top to a map. Well that’s not supposed to be there so pretend you didn’t see that, ok? I’m still working on the page but I can’t figure out how to do that without having the page visible to one and all. Yet another example of my lack of WordPress knowledge I suppose!
The idea for the map is to have a marker for each place I’ve been. to When you click on the icon a list of blog posts for that place will pop up. These links will take you to my yet to be constructed travel blog where the posts will live. These posts will be purely travel related and aimed at family, friends and anyone who wants to stalk me (I’ve always wanted a stalker) and I guess the idea is to keep interested readers of my Nerdy Nomad blog informed about what I’m up to without having this blog overrun with posts about how bad my sun burn is and what I ate for breakfast. Plus I love Google maps and just wanted an excuse to add one to my site.
If anyone has been to the Philippines, Borneo or Malaysia or has any tips on cool things to do in Beijing I’d love suggestions!
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