I finally finished moving out of my apartment today. Last night my roommate and I spent many countless hours cleaning everything. I think I have done more cleaning in the last three days than the combined total of my entire life. I think the apartment is cleaner now than when we moved in, which doesn't… Read More »

My parents came out to Rochester to help me move all of my stuff out of my apartment over the weekend. Other than my TV falling off the flatbed cart and probably breaking, everything went fine. The last few nights, I've been sleeping on my floor with no entertainment besides the Internet and a small… Read More »

I finally bought my plane tickets tonight. I'll be leaving from Chicago on September 28 and arriving in Lima, Peru the following day. Mark your calendars.

Another monkey is off my back. Only three more to go: moving out of my apartment, finishing work, and making sure the rest of my miscellaneous things (money, gear,… Read More »

For the last few days, I've been going through all of my old stuff and deciding what to keep, what to sell, and what to give away. Most of it is old junk I haven't used in years, but it still is hard for me to get rid of my possessions. Buddhists believe that possessions… Read More »

Last night I got my prescriptions filled at the local pharmacy. I was given a 3-week trial of Mefloquine for malaria to see if I would have any major side effects before I got a full year's supply. The good thing about that particular drug is that you only have to take it once per… Read More »

So much is going on in my life it's getting tough to handle. The highs and lows of planning my trip are incredible. Tonight I attempted to add a new module to my website so I could have a bulletin board of some sort for visitors to leave comments. It seemed like a harmless enough… Read More »

I put in my letter of resignation today. My last day will be September 9, 2005. It actually wasn't as difficult as I thought it would be for me or my company. Nobody is taking this personally. Everyone seems to understand why I want to travel, which I really appreciate. It's not easy to make… Read More »

I finally got my site online. It was actually pretty easy to do. I just had to move my computers to my uncle's basement where they won't be blocked by his ISP. Now anybody can read about my trip. I hope this test period goes well because I'm not sure what kind of bandwidth is… Read More »

I can't believe it's been almost a month since my last post. My life has gotten really busy lately, and my trip planning has suffered as a result. And to make matters worse, I found out that my god-damned ISP is blocking all incoming ports, which means that nobody can view this website outside my… Read More »

This is my first blog entry for my trip. I don't plan on leaving for over 3 months, but I feel that now is a good time to start writing because I made a big commitment toward my trip today: vaccinations. I got 4 shots: Rabies, Tetanus/Diptheria, Typhoid, and Hepatitis A. Getting them wasn't bad,… Read More »