Enga mellom fjella

Oz? NZ? Korea? Portugal! Norway! Latvia? Ireland? Wherenext?

I have no idea of where I'll go after Japan...

Yep.

Bought my tickets.

I'll be in Honolulu February 26th and Tokyo March 3rd. After that?

Annabel mentioned New Zealand. Must consider it. I've gotten some encouragement from friends in Australia. There are reasonable flights between the two.

But then back to Japan... or Korea?

Onward to Lisbon or Northern Europe.

Flights back? Cheap flights to Canada from Dublin. Cheap flight to Dublin from Oslo. Cheap flights...

Yeah. I'm looking at my options. But... I'm leaving on a jet plane on February 26th.

Might not get back before July.

me:

I'm okay. At least the stress of buying the first two tickets is over. That wasn't exactly fun. But I did it yesterday. 5 days in Hawai'i instead of 3? I'll cope somehow.

Mild temperatures and some sun. Winter isn't bad when the sidewalks are clear and it's calm and sunny.

I like traveling by train but lots of places are cheaper by air!

Printers were off line yesterday at the library. But I've got my e-mails and ticket codes.

I really need to lose weight... again. 4 months of travel might slim me down. I think I know how to eat cheap in Japan. Can you say noodles? Like: ramen, udon, soba...

I'll need to pre-pack soon to get my weight down. Unfortunately computers and notebooks weigh something... chuck the clothes?

So... that's it for now. Have lots of work to do to plan next phase of the trip. Entire trip needs to be planned within a couple weeks. Well... the structure of it. The details will come later. But major airplane tickets must be bought a.s.a.p.

Bon voyage!

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