Monday 25th October 2010 is a big day in the build up to operation September 2012 because it is pay day and the savings from this months pay will push me over the half way mark in terms of what I need to save up, a big milestone indeed. Regardless of how quickly I save the other half I feel no need to change the departure date, it should work out well to arrive in Italy and do the European part of the journey when the tourist season is over and rooms are cheaper but not so late that it will be bitterly cold, the plan is to be be in India by late November, though with that being 2 years away it seems a bit pointless thinking about it too much at this stage.
It seems a lot of people are travelling at the moment, not least my parents touring the USA and Jay and Walling somewhere in Central Asia. I am of course jealous but to travel long term requires a lot of saving and in my case a lot of time. If I had a £30,000 per year job it would be different but I don't and it wouldn't suit me in any case so I will continue to do things my way which have so far got me to the halfway mark and done so with minimal amount of stress.
I did mention in my last post that things at work may force me to leave earlier, this is not really resolved but things may be taking a turn for the better even though there is still a great deal of uncertainty, I'm hanging in there regardless and plan on toughing it out for once with things going so well in the planning and saving departments.
I thought I would have more to say but it seems very premature to put up itineraries and other plans up at this stage, even though I'm very tempted.
