And away we go...

Thank you all for tuning in.

Kelley and I have been planning this trip for a long time. I decided early in 2008 that a trip around the world would be a great way to end residency. When will we ever again have enough time off to take a long vacation. The hardest part of planning this trip was deciding where we wanted to go and what we wanted to see. We had a start already planned thanks to my parents who wanted to take us all to Germany to see where they lived and got married. The next logical question for us was, where do we go next?

We tossed around many ideas. Should we tour Europe? We would already be close and it would make travel easier. We thought getting back to the places we want to see in Europe easy enough that we could just hit these spots in the future. We considered Africa strongly. We both want to see many things in Africa including Egypt in the north all the way through safaris and the Cape in the south. Eventually though we both decided South East Asia is tops on our list and began planning out our route.

After a lot of time spent on the internet and help from a few travel agents, we had a plan and a course. We will travel from Germany to India. We fly in to Delhi in the north and will spend several days in Jaipur, the "Pink City". We will also be traveling to Mumbai, The Maldives, Bangkok, Cambodia, and Phuket before finally returning back to the US. We really could have spent weeks in each of these spots, but we only have so much time and money before we have to return to the real world.

Our goal is to post as we go. We hope to take lots of pictures and keep things interesting. Please stay tuned, the journey begins June 30, 2009.