Final Itinerary, I think. DOh!

Into the heart of darkness, blackouts, food shortages, and radiation... Ummm... anyone else want to come to Japan with me tomorrow?

1. Japan............Mar 15
2. Philippines.....Apr 6
3. Nepal............Apr 21
4. Tibet.............May 21
5. China............May 28
6. Mongolia.......July 5
7. Russia...........Aug 2
8. Eastern Europe and Oktoberfest!.... Aug 26
9. Middle East...Oct 8
10. Egypt............Nov 8
11. Morocco.......Dec 1
12. Ohio..............Dec 23
13. LA................Dec 27
14. La Ventana...Dec 30
15. wherever there is work.... Feb 2012

And who doesn't like a few good quotes to start off a journey?

Some classics:

The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.  ~St. Augustine
 

When preparing to travel, lay out all your clothes and all your money.  Then take half the clothes and twice the money.  ~Susan Heller

A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.  ~Lao Tzu

Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.  ~Anatole France

It is not down in any map; true places never are.  ~Herman Melville

Now I know why they tell you to put your head between your knees on crash landings.  You think you're going to kiss your ass good-bye.  ~Terry Hanson 

I love these ones:
The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one's own country as a foreign land.  ~G.K. Chesterton

Half the fun of the travel is the esthetic of lostness.  ~Ray Bradbury

There are only two emotions in a plane:  boredom and terror.  ~Orson Welles

The only way of catching a train I ever discovered is to miss the train before.  ~G.K. Chesterton

Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.  Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.  ~Mark Twain

And finally, my favorite:

The traveler sees what he sees.  The tourist sees what he has come to see.  ~G.K. Chesterton