6 months sounds like a long time to travel, but the world, as it turns out, is frickin’ huge. You could travel all of your life and still want more. It seems sad in a way that you can never see all of the things you want to see, but I guess that’s part of the beauty of it. Better to end one’s life still curious, still interested, still seeking. Better than bored, no?

We had a difficult time narrowing down the places we wanted to go on this trip. At the top of the list were Thailand, India, China, Japan, Eastern Europe, Africa, Nepal. Impossible! We realized that traveling for six months straight was likely to be exhausting, so we decided we would break the trip into two month chunks and try to focus on one region for each chunk. Amy had always wanted to go to Thailand, if only for the food. We have a friend living in Nairobi who offered to put us up and show us around. Ramon really wanted to revisit Spain, having spent every summer there growing up. And voila! An itinerary was born.

Chunk one: Thaliand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos
Chunk two: Kenya & Addis Abbaba
Chunk three: Morocco & Spain

And for spice, a trip in the middle to the Himalayan Bhuddist kingdom of Bhutan. Not at ALL a budget destination, but we were both so enthralled by the place that for our wedding registry, we asked for donations to visit this country. The costs associated are quite steep. As a traveling group of two, it’ll cost us $230 per person per day to be in the country. Now that includes all food and accommodation, but compare it to our $35 per person per day budget for the rest of the trip, and you’ll get the idea. So after Southeast Asia, we’ll have 8 fine days in Bhutan, then on to Kenya…we hope. These plans were made before the current political upheaval happening in the country. We’re keeping an eye on the situation and will change our plans as necessary. That come-as-it-may attitude is, well, foreign to anxiety-inclined Amy and highly-organized Ramon, but we’ll keep at it. 6 months on the road is bound to help.