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DaveyBoy · 02-10-2004, 06:57 AM

I have my next trip all planned out

but unfortunately im not due to leave until at least november of this year!!

so ive got 10 months of doing the most boring job imaginable (to me anyway) before i can start living again.

any tips on surviving the wait? ive exhausted just about all the forums and info sights i can find...... just counting the hours

**Canadian Dude** · 02-10-2004, 09:10 AM

Dude, I hear that!!! Mine is in Spet and fuc me its a long wait...the worst part about the wait for me is ANYTHING can happen between now and then that could prevent me from going on my trip...money, baby, war, natural disaster....thats what sux the most for me...

**Fedfe** · 02-10-2004, 10:02 AM

i know that compared to you two i really have nothing to complain about... but i leave in two and a half months and its killing me!
i can't think about anything else...its so hard to concentrate at school when all i can think about is travelling...
instead of doing schoolwork i'm always checking the boards, or staring at a map or reading my lonely planet!

**Diorama** · 02-10-2004, 08:01 PM

Yeah i hear ya. For the past three years i've been working travelling working travelling etc...So I've been very adapt to waiting all the time. Where are u guys travelling to? (i'm sure if i wasn't to lazy i could seach the forums, cd yours is middle east i got that!) . I'm excited but I have to admit a teeny teeny part of me is dreading going because I have to say goodbye to everyone (going for a year). And I hate saying goodbye. Get the kleenex out now! fedfe i hear ya I read my lonely planet eveyday..Yesterday I missed my bus stop cuz I was deep in concentration reading the book.

**Fedfe** · 02-10-2004, 08:34 PM

hahah yeah, i love those travel books. every time i put it down, i feel like there is something else i should/want to look up! Its addictive!
I just ordered my backpack like 15 minutes ago from MEC!!! I am SO stoked!~

I am going to France for two months, then doing the loop down to spain, over to italy via south of france, then up through austria, germany, czech, to sweden, norway, then back down through belgium, netherlands to paris! MY GOD i am excited.

**Diorama** · 02-10-2004, 08:48 PM

what kind pack did you get from mec? just asking cuz I have two from there. I have mec brio 70 and a serratus travel pack.

**Fedfe** · 02-10-2004, 10:51 PM

its the "walkabout", standard (64 L), navy blue,

http://www.mec.ca/Products/product_detail....D=1075915159722

she's a real beaut, mate! perfect for a walkabout!

DaveyBoy · 02-11-2004, 02:41 AM

yep my next trip is a biggie

going back to Oz to get lost in the sunshine and have some

and some

and a bit more

with a little bit of

maybe some

I would be gone 2mrw if i had the funds!! jsut countin the hours

tick tock

**clevercraig** · 02-11-2004, 01:36 PM

I hear ya', june (when I leave) seems like forever away.......I keep worrying that something will come up that will keep me from going.....Fortunatley I am bartending 7 days a week so I am occupied.....My friends keep talking about the trip whenever i am around, it's like I am some sort of icon to them for deciding to go alone like I am....It's kind of funny but just charges me up to get on with it......Please June, hurry the F*@# and GET HERE!

iamlindoro · 02-11-2004, 01:47 PM

ARGHHHH, YES!

I go next month, and all of my travel stuff is already bought and piled up neatly right here next to me. All I would have to do is put it in my bag and walk out the door, it's KILLING me! I have 6 days of work left, then I'm going home to visit family-- hoping to use it as a dress rehearsal-- will take all my stuff in my pack, and see what I forget, what I wished I had, etc.

38 more days...

**Diorama** · 02-11-2004, 02:10 PM

okay iamlindoro you just inspired me to count the days til my trip. So after a visit to the calendar i realized holy shite i'm leaving soon!..i have 55 days to go. Everyone seems to much more planned out than i am.. I'm only planning my fiji portion of the trip and then i will land in oz april 28th with absolutely NO plan.. haha i love it. people keep asking me what i;m gonna do i;m like I don't know i'll see when i get there! i already have a backpack so i don't need one. i have my plane ticket and visa...so all i gotta do is just buy a few more clothes and that's it.. will prob do that the week before i leave haha..

55 more days

iamlindoro · 02-11-2004, 02:18 PM

Tha's my girl.

You and I area leaving at roughly the same time, and from the same continent, but headed in opposite directions. Ah well.

Ya wanna talk about over-preparedness, I bought sunblock in the rain today. The Drug Store folks looked at me like I was NUTS. I'm with you on the itinerary thing, tough. I only have the first two weeks planned out, and even then, only because I will have someone visiting me. Then it's me, my car, and the open road.

bits · 02-11-2004, 06:52 PM

wow, all this talk has brought up the fact that i had not even begun to think about september, and now you guys have got me all excited!!!! im going to Australia for a year, a friend of mine is there already and we're going to move around and work odd jobs and what not... i cant wait... i need to get out of this stupid town, im going insane...........

**Diorama** · 02-11-2004, 06:54 PM

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You and I area leaving at roughly the same time, and from the same continent, but headed in opposite directions. Ah well.

yah dammit i think you should change your destination and visit oz instead and then we can meet up and you could rent a car and drive me around everywhere! perfect plan. besides I think then we could win some money or something, by being the first two punkers that have met. How long are u going for again? Yeah when u announce that your leaving I think that's when I know it's gonna hit me cuz I know i'm right behind you in the leaving category! yah i guess i should start buying stuff. i'm just so lazy and I hate the fact that I have to spend lots of money before i even leave the country!

iamlindoro · 02-11-2004, 07:05 PM

Gone for four and a half months... I think I'm gonna do Australia next, though-- I haven't even left on this trip and I'm already planning the next! Oz sounds even more exotic because I've done Europe already, and done Asia, but never the south pacific-- I'm really jealous of you!

I'm with you on the spending money. I'm waiting for my tax return to come in, since it's money I absolutely MUST have to go. I went to check the status tonight and there's some sort of problem-- it's got me freaking out. I just know I'll never get to sleep tonight... hopefully it's nothing serious and it will come in in plenty of time. We will see...

**MolsonGirl** · 02-11-2004, 07:58 PM

I leave for London in May... and I honestly think that finishing this year of school is the hardest thing I'll ever have to do... I'm struggling to do the work to keep my grades up, I keep getting distracted by heaps of travel searching.. out of excitement of course... spending HOURS on TP reading everyone's stories and such... it's just too exciting... I'm trying not to let University take a backseat, but I dunno... pretty hard.

**verstehen** · 02-11-2004, 08:49 PM

21 Days before departure for 2 and a half years of Peace Corps service.

I should be on the ground in Casablanca March 6th. From there it's on to Rabat and then Tenant to begin my training.

Trying to get all my affairs in order and say goodbye to all my friends.

At least I've got a decent jacket and hiking boots now. Trying to decide if I'm going to invest in a big pack or stick to my rucksack.

**Fedfe** · 02-12-2004, 09:53 AM

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Originally posted by MolsonGirl@Feb 12 2004, 03:58 AM
I honestly think that finishing this year of school is the hardest thing I'll ever have to do... I'm struggling to do the work to keep my grades up, I keep getting distracted by heaps of travel searching.. out of excitement of course... spending HOURS on TP reading everyone's stories and such... it's just too exciting... I'm trying not to let University take a backseat, but I dunno... pretty hard.

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my god i know what you mean! i spend hours on here reading stuff instead of doing school work... its all i can think about

and iamlindoro, i know how you feel about planning trips... i'm going to europe in april, but i am already thinking about the next trip...this time to Oz! so much to do, so little time....

**Diorama** · 02-12-2004, 11:13 AM

Yeah I'm counting on my tax return too. Though I;m waiting for my stupid work to mail me my t4 slip so I can start the process. argh..I better get some money back though, cuz I'm relying on it!

**space virgin** · 02-12-2004, 01:55 PM

I leave for europe in... 41 days-- holy crap. While I'm completely anxious and want to go tomorrow, on the other hand I'm thinking "shit, I don't have much time to get more money together! aaaah!" I wish I had started saving sooner. The good thing is that my granny might help me with my railpass.