What's next

I've just met with two moving companies about moving my things and bringing Jai back home. It is making it more and more real that I will be leaving India in about 30 days. A year has just about passed. I can hardly believe it.

So, what's next? Hmmmmm. Well, I can only answer that in the short term. After leaving India, I am going to travel in Southeast Asia for about 7 weeks. In fact, I will be finishing my last day of work on September 7 and getting on a flight to Phuket, Thailand that night. Yippee! After spending a week in Thailand, I'm going to Cambodia for a week with a friend I've met here in India.

I'll then return to Thailand to join a tour of about 23 days, visiting Bangkok and Chaing Mai in Thailand and then touring Laos and Vietnam. After the tour is complete, I'll fly to Malaysia for a day, meet another friend and spend a weekend in Singapore and ending my trip in Malaysia. At which point, I will finally be flying back to the US. I am really excited about being able to spend some time to see this part of the world. I certainly never expected to be able to visit so many places at once, but, since I don't have a job waiting for me in the US, it seemed opportune to take advantage of the break. and I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I won't be unemployed for too long. (if only that were enough to find a job).

I'm of course a bit nervous that this may be the wrong economy to take a break from job hunting, but, I figure, you only live once, and who knows if and when I'll have the opportunity or time to come back and travel here - so I'm chucking my normal practical nature aside and taking a leap. I've not regretted taking leaps in the past and I hope to look back on this in the same way.

I'll try and keep posting as I travel!