Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Blog Title?

For those of you who are not familiar with my plan to conquer the world, my next goal to that end consists of a four month trek through Asia.  This trek will begin on the first of March, and if everything goes as planned, it will take us from the southern tip of India to Nepal, possibly through Myanmar, down into Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos, and if we have time, into China and Mongolia.  I say 'we' because I will be flying my little brother, Ryan Whitehead, into asia, and we will be doing this together. 

Now, a trip such as this requires a lot of planning to get things right, and I decided that a good format for said planning would be that of a blog for three main reasons: it's easy, anyone can read a blog, and visitors can leave comments on the posted articles.  The latter reason ties into why I am creating my travel blog two months early: my brother and I need a place to collaborate on the trip, and a blog serves that function perfectly.

While attempting to create a general outline of the trip, I will be posting articles on possible landmarks to visit, routes to take, and preparations to be made, and any and all suggestions will be duly noted and appreciated.  If you have some experience with traveling, or if you have been to any of the countries we are planning on traveling through, or you have some general recommendations on travel, feel free to post your suggestion/recommendation as a comment.

To this end, I have made commenting as easy as possible - anonymous comments are allowed, and no login is required to do so.  Even if you just want to suggest a place we should visit, no matter how obscure, if it is in one of the countries we are traveling through, please post your suggestion.  Some of the countries we will be visiting are immense, and it is often the places which are overlooked by tourists (and thus touring websites) which are the most awesome.  Besides, everyone's seen the Taj Mahal, but how many people have been to the birthplace of Buddha or the island where The Beach was filmed? The information on India alone is enormous, as is China, and that's only two of 9 countries.

I simply do not have the willpower to find all of the cool things to see in all of these countries, nor do I remember all of the interesting things that I have stumbled across on the internet - but you might.  If you remember something interesting in one of these countries that you would like to see one day (or you think that I would like to see), by all means, please, make a suggestion, and if it can be integrated into our trip, we will probably go there. 

Note that I am not creating a strict timetable/route plan for this trip, because on trips like this, plans change, and restricting spontaneity for the sake of sticking with a plan usually leads to regret.  However, when undertaking a trip as gargantuan as this one will be, it is foolish to do so without having at least a general idea of where we are going, which order of visitation would be the most efficient, and what preparations need to be made for travel in each country.  There are literally thousands of points of interest in these countries, and the best way to see the best of the best is to have a general plan of what we want to see, and in which order we are want to see them.

Also: any suggestions for a blog title?  I found a good url, but I'm not so sure about the title... ;)

Update: After thinking about this for half a minute, I came to the conclusion that traveling nine countries in 4 months is nuts, so the new goal is India, Nepal, and mainland SE Asia (Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam), and anything beyond that is icing on the cake.  

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