Soooo… it’s been a while since my last blog. No surprise there. But I’m on a big trip now and thought I’d do
my best to keep up with this one since it’s rather exciting. With that, I will skip over all of the other
trips since my gap year, but I will go back and get to them… eventually. Just so you have an idea of what you’ve missed
(because I’ve been a slacker), my last three years of travel have included some
new places – Vanuatu, Sint Maarten, and Saint Barts – and some repeat visits
too: South Korea, Taiwan, New Zealand,
Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, and London.
I’ve also done a wee bit of domestic travel, with some repeat visits to
Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra, and the Great Ocean Road, plus some new
places: Ballarat, Bendigo, Byron Bay,
Sunshine Coast, Hervey Bay, and Fraser Island.
But for now, I’ve embarked on an adventure to rival my gap
year (though, sadly, not nearly as long).
I departed Sydney just before Christmas on a seven-week trip. My itinerary includes Chile and Argentina –
repeat visits but seeing new places in both!
The highlight, however, will be my seventh and final continent: ANTARCTICA!
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I will soon be embarking on a three-week expedition to the
Falkland Islands (country # 73), South Georgia Island, and the Antarctic
Peninsula, along with one of my most trusted travel companions, Lenora. She and I are friends from high school and
Antarctica will be our sixth continent travelling as a duo, previously visiting
all but Africa together. I’ll also be
joined by my friends Simon and Alyson from Melbourne, along with Simon’s dad
from the UK.
Throughout these seven weeks there will be friends, cousins,
Jewish Christmas, lots of hiking, a big anniversary, a not-so-big birthday,
camping, empanadas, glaciers, penguins, more empanadas, more penguins, whiskey,
museums, hot Latin men (I hope!), alfajores, three of my 103 Things, and
utilization of the arsenal of seasickness medications that I’ve acquired…
enough to kill a horse.
It is going to be painful going back to work in February.
Details to follow as they happen, but first, let me take a
selfie.
In Santiago with my cousin, Karen, and her husband, Matt.
