The Plan

I flew to Toronto on the 14th of September 2007 and I’m starting the long journey south to Tierra del Fuego in Chile. For the US and Central America I am driving my own vehicle, bought in the Boston, a ’98 Dodge Minivan, and could probably do with some help with the gas and driving. Click the ‘Gringo Taxi‘ link above for more info. I have driven coast to coast before in 94 on my first big adventure.

I plan on buying a bike, an inflatable kayak, a guitar & bongos and some fishing rods on the way to keep myself fit and amused. Accommodation will be camping, couchsurfing, sleeping in the minivan and the occasional motel room. I would like to see the Space Shuttle take off (done), the Keys (done), New Orleans (yep), Graceland (nope ), Vegas (yay!), The Canyon (aye), and hopefully Alaska (too far too cold ), although I’m very flexible and have no real itinerary. I will probably be stopping in somewhere in Central America for 6 months to write, surf, dance salsa and maybe teach English before continuing to my second to last continent to visit, South America. I want to improve my salsa and speak fluent Spanish as soon as possible. I also intend to focus (heh) on my Photography, and will be offering prints for sale on my site, candids, landscape, night shots and portraits.

When I get as far south as I can I will visit the Falkland isles (and Antarctica if I win the lottery) and then head back up the east coast and try to head back to Europe/Africa on a yacht. Then I will continue my Guinness Book of Rejects attempt to visit every country in the world overland.

At the moment I am trying to become a professional travel photographer. We’ll see how that works out…

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