We did it! We finally agreed on a blog name! So, come on in, make yourself comfortable, because we'll probably only update this thing like twice. Ha. I kid. But seriously, it may be difficult to regularly update this bad boy on the road...er... trail.
Now, on to business, we will be embarking on our grand adventure exactly one month from yesterday, on September 21st. And today is our 2nd to last night of work! Hurray Funemployment! Now we will have approximately a month off here in Seattle before leaving, which is supposedly going to be filled with much productivity and plan-making for the trip. But if you know us, then you know, we will play for 3 weeks and scramble the last week to get everything done. Its a good system.
Speaking of plans, I know all you parents out there would like a little briefing of the goings-on. Well, so far we've gotten all the required immunizations we need (Hep A, Typhoid, Tetanus) for Asia. We are debating about pre-emptively getting the Yellow Fever vaccine just in case we decide to pop over to Africa or South America. We also have about 19 lbs of anti-malarial drugs, antibiotics for your run-of-the mill respiratory etc infections, and a little bit of Diamox, a drug that helps with altitude sickness (mostly for Nepal). So now we just have to figure out how to get all of our stuff into two 40L backpacks!
So the first destination is, of course, Nepal. We will arrive in Kathmandu on September 23rd, after a refreshing 30 hours of travel. We plan on staying in Kathmandu for a couple days to get our bearings, then head off to the hills. Our big plan is to do an Everest Base Camp trek, likely via the Three Passes route. Its a less heavily traveled trek and a bit more strenuous than the main out-and-back route. Jordan suggested that since we have 2 full months in Nepal, we may do an easier trek first in the Annapurna region to acclimatize and sort ourselves out. More on that trek later.
Very exciting times! Thanks for reading
H and J
