“The voyage of the best ship is a zigzag line of a hundred tacks. See the line from a sufficient distance, and it straightens itself to the average tendency.”

--Ralph Waldo Emerson

Preparing for departure.

Check List for Travels

1. Complete Itinerary (Below!)
2. Book Flight to Bangkok (Departs October 27th Delta Airlines from PDX)
3. Register with Couch Surfers
4. Find 2 hostels and 2 hotels in each city (back-up plan)
5. Make appt. with Travel Clinic (August 3rd!)
6. Open new "international/travel friendly" accounts (DONE!, WSECU)
7. REI trip for new Backpack/other gear (NEW GEAR!)
8. Register with Embassy (Embassies...) (Registered!)
9. VISA for Vietnam   
10. More Research! (doin' it!) 

So close!
Done as of 10/10/10!

Updated Itinerary

*Update of the Update. Shift everything ahead two days. I depart: October 27th 11:45am. 

Travel Itinerary for 2010/2011 Bonderman Fellowship

DEPARTURE: October 25^th, 2010

         PDX (Portland, Or.) to Bangkok, Thailand

November 8^th, 2010 to Si Racha (and/or Chon Buri)

November 15^th, 2010 to Chiang Mai

Possible weekend trip to Rangoon, Myanmar

DEPARTURE: November 29^th, 2010

Chaing Mai, Thailand to Luang Prabang, Laos travel by bus/train/possibly plane direct from Chaing Mai to Luang Prabang. OR (from travelfish.com) The closest Thai-Lao border crossing to Chiang Mai is the Chiang Khong (Thailand), Huay Xai (Laos) crossing.

December 9^th, 2010 – December 21^st, 2010 between Luang Prabang and Vientiane

DEPARTURE: December 21^st, 2010 to Hanoi, Vietnam

January 3^rd, 2011 to Hong Gai. Move from North to South, end in Ho Chi Minh City January 13, 2011 – January 30, 2011.

DEPARTURE: January 30^th or February 1^st, 2011 from Tan Son Nhat (SGN) airport to Zagreb, Croatia

         February 19^th, 2011 to Sibenik Croatia

         March 11^th, 2011 to Sarajevo Bosnia

         April 1^st, 2011 to Belgrade, Serbia

         April 20^th, 2011 to Podgorioa, Montenegro

         May 1^st, 2011 to Tirana, Albania

DEPARTURE: May 12^th, 2011 Flight to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

         May 27^th, 2011 to Nairobi, Kenya

Anticipated end date: June 25^th, 2011 flight from Nairobi, Kenya to PDX Portland, Oregon

*If funds allow, might travel to India as well or possibly Mexico depending on political situation in each country. 

Fellow Fellows.

UW Honors Website with Bonderman Summaries

Look at all the fabulous fellows!