Twas the night before travel...

... and all through the apartment I am still running around trying to pack up the last 4 years of my New York life before my flight tomorrow morning. Because this task is so overwhelming I decided the obvious solution was further procrastination - thus figuring out how to start a blog. (This surprisingly only took about 2 minutes but hopefully I can waste more time writing.) The plan is to be online often enough to keep it up to date and avoid mass emailings to people who aren't that interested. So - if you are interested - check back from time to time and read at your leisure.

My itinerary for the next 5.5 weeks will take me on 12 flights, several boats, mopeds, tuk tuks, and I'm sure many other modes of transportation around Southeast Asia and Africa. Specifically, I am going to:

• June 30th - July 8th: Vietnam. Ho Chi Minh City & Hanoi with Emily
• July 8th - July 12th: Cambodia. Siem Reap / Angkor with Emily
• July 12 - July 19th: Tanzania. Climbing Kilimanjaro with Sam and Jared
• July 19 - July 23: Tanzania. Safari through the Serengeti
• July 23 - July 31st: Beaches of Zanzibar the first four days with Sam and Jared and the next four by myself getting my SCUBA certification
• July 31st - August 5th: A different part of Zanzibar where I will meet up with Team Afrique (e.g. future Stanford classmates who are traveling through southern Africa for two months and thanks to Dan Kessler's blog will inevitably have more entertaining stories to read on their blog - so definitely stay tuned in August)

Among my many adventures, I plan to observe both African and Asian elephants in their natural habitats and decide which is my favorite species - and learn how much water both drink. And yes, even though I quit work last week I still seem to find it necessary to incorporate bullet points into my writing.

Do I really have to finish packing now??? It is now the morning of travel...