I'm Back!
Posted by Justin Moreland
Saturday, February 2, 2002
Hey guys. As most of my readers have noticed, I've haven't been on for a while. Well, if you count two years as just 'a while'. To alleviated any concerns, I think I should explain. When I stopped posting, I decided to focus all my attentions on working as hard as possible in my final few years down at Tony's place; partly to get paid (of course), but also partly to plan my own special trip. Remember back in November of 2000 when I said I was piling all my money towards something big? Well this is what that 'big' thing was. After retiring just before Christmas last year (probably the second-most happiest day in my life), I finally did it. I finally saved up enough money to support my very own journey across the world!
You read it right; I'm finally going to be travelling across the entire planet Earth! For anyone who's read this weblog since the very beginning, you'd now that going for a travel to every country in the world has been just a small dream of mine; but since I sold the house back in April 2000, as well as pooled all my cash towards just this one journey (I really should call it something more spectacular; perhaps odyssey will do), that dream will finally have a chance to become a reality! If you can't tell already, I'll just have to come out and say it directly; I'm really, really excited.
Furthermore (and here's the kicker); I'm going to be travelling to each country based on alphabetical order (just for the fun of it as well)! If you're worried that I haven't saved enough up to hop, skip and jump my way around the world in such a manner (and to be honest, I was concerned as well at first), don't worry; I've done all the calculations. Working forty years at the chemists really does leave one with some skills in mathematics; and when I drew all the plans up late last year, I found out that I very likely will be able to make such an odyssey with the amount of money that I've put together!
Wow. Even now, months after I first put this all together, I still get shivers at the idea. Fulfilling a lifelong dream can be hard for even the most affluent people; but here I am, living at a bunkhouse and getting ready to fly to every country in the world. It's close to insane when you really think about it?
Anyway; you'd probably want to here what I plan to do on each trip. Well, since I'm going to every country that I can possibly hope to get into (some will be harder than others; trust me, I've done the research), I'll keep you guys up to date when possible on what I've being doing in each country, some facts about the country, and a little bit of that country's citizen's everyday life. It's all I can really do for everyone after letting the world give me so much over the last sixty years. Plus; I'll be the one experiencing most of it for the first time, so it will be like a win for both of us; I get the journey, and my readers get the information. How about that!
Look at the time; it's almost 11:30. Well, everyone, I must say it's good to finally be back on and posting for what seems like an eternity. Hell, just my announcement this evening has been enough to make my day. After living and breathing the Australian air for the past sixty years, I'm finally going on the journey that everyone dreams of once in their life! I cannot wait; and I hope all of my readers on the ICN can't wait either! My first trip will begin in about three weeks from now, and as I said, I'll try to keep everyone as up to date as possible when I have the chance. I believe my first country (I drew up a digital map to show where it just is; I'll post the image down below) will have the ICN, though I have to check back over my notes tomorrow.
Goodnight everyone; it was good posting for all of you again.
First stop; Afghanistan!
Posted by Justin Moreland
Saturday, February 2, 2002
Hey guys. As most of my readers have noticed, I've haven't been on for a while. Well, if you count two years as just 'a while'. To alleviated any concerns, I think I should explain. When I stopped posting, I decided to focus all my attentions on working as hard as possible in my final few years down at Tony's place; partly to get paid (of course), but also partly to plan my own special trip. Remember back in November of 2000 when I said I was piling all my money towards something big? Well this is what that 'big' thing was. After retiring just before Christmas last year (probably the second-most happiest day in my life), I finally did it. I finally saved up enough money to support my very own journey across the world!
You read it right; I'm finally going to be travelling across the entire planet Earth! For anyone who's read this weblog since the very beginning, you'd now that going for a travel to every country in the world has been just a small dream of mine; but since I sold the house back in April 2000, as well as pooled all my cash towards just this one journey (I really should call it something more spectacular; perhaps odyssey will do), that dream will finally have a chance to become a reality! If you can't tell already, I'll just have to come out and say it directly; I'm really, really excited.
Furthermore (and here's the kicker); I'm going to be travelling to each country based on alphabetical order (just for the fun of it as well)! If you're worried that I haven't saved enough up to hop, skip and jump my way around the world in such a manner (and to be honest, I was concerned as well at first), don't worry; I've done all the calculations. Working forty years at the chemists really does leave one with some skills in mathematics; and when I drew all the plans up late last year, I found out that I very likely will be able to make such an odyssey with the amount of money that I've put together!
Wow. Even now, months after I first put this all together, I still get shivers at the idea. Fulfilling a lifelong dream can be hard for even the most affluent people; but here I am, living at a bunkhouse and getting ready to fly to every country in the world. It's close to insane when you really think about it?
Anyway; you'd probably want to here what I plan to do on each trip. Well, since I'm going to every country that I can possibly hope to get into (some will be harder than others; trust me, I've done the research), I'll keep you guys up to date when possible on what I've being doing in each country, some facts about the country, and a little bit of that country's citizen's everyday life. It's all I can really do for everyone after letting the world give me so much over the last sixty years. Plus; I'll be the one experiencing most of it for the first time, so it will be like a win for both of us; I get the journey, and my readers get the information. How about that!
Look at the time; it's almost 11:30. Well, everyone, I must say it's good to finally be back on and posting for what seems like an eternity. Hell, just my announcement this evening has been enough to make my day. After living and breathing the Australian air for the past sixty years, I'm finally going on the journey that everyone dreams of once in their life! I cannot wait; and I hope all of my readers on the ICN can't wait either! My first trip will begin in about three weeks from now, and as I said, I'll try to keep everyone as up to date as possible when I have the chance. I believe my first country (I drew up a digital map to show where it just is; I'll post the image down below) will have the ICN, though I have to check back over my notes tomorrow.
Goodnight everyone; it was good posting for all of you again.
First stop; Afghanistan!