In Other Words

Dream, dream, dream

We're thinking about planning everything to make certain we get our asses to Sri Lanka in November. If we work real hard then we might be able to have enough money saved up to hide away there for a while. That would be great. Travel around on the cheap and see a beautiful country, where they could certainly use the extra money from our travels, what with the Tsunami and all.

Liana Banana Superhero girl is going to try and make some sort of plan, with what we need to do and how. Ultimately we would want to be down there long enough so that we could go to Europe in the spring, yet still have enough money to set up once we get to Europe (traveling around Europe is financial suicide, unless you can work there as well.)

That would mean raising enough money to spend from the end of November to the beginning of April with little or no work. Of course on the up side, we would be in a third world country, where things would be cheap and affordable.

Now that I'm sitting here, I'm suddenly remembering that I also wanted to go see India, so maybe we can do both Sri Lanka and India in that time. India is possibly even cheaper, if you do it on a shoe string. With people living like kings for about 20 dollars a day.

I traveled through Thailand for about that much a couple of years ago, but I do have to say I was willing to put up with some very cheap and unsanitary alternatives. It might take a bit of time to work myself down to the same type of acceptance, I imagine. But, on the other hand, that might be really good for me. Getting back to grips with what I really need and want to make me happy.

It would be really good to put on a backpack again and just travel around, with the biggest concern in my head being keeping to the budget and remembering which of the hovels is mine.

Enjoying, and I mean really enjoying a shower because it has been the first proper shower in close to two months (the rest of your washing being done with buckets and sea water). Lying in a hammock for an entire day and only getting up out of it because your bladder is about to rupture and spill urine back into your stomach.

Eating food in a roadside stall (make sure its busy) and discussing with the others if anybody will get sick from it this time and making bets about who it will be.

Waking up in the morning and rolling out of bed, into your swimmies and then into the sea.

Yeah, that would be good. Now to make those dreams into a reality.

posted by Symbol @ 12.4.05