Attention!

My tickets are booked, my visas have been filed, and my trip is financially squared away. That just leaves packing, mental preparation, entirely too much waiting, and a handful of goodbyes between me and my trip to Asia!

All systems go.

IMPORTANT NOTE: I DO NOT PLAN TO UPDATE WHILE ABROAD. 

In fact, I plan to be completely out of contact: No phone, no computer, nothing. This will afford me as much energy and presence of mind as this trip requires. I fear that the obligations of posting regularly and staying in touch would detract from my experience, so I plan specifically to stay out of touch. This will maintain acceptable post quality and will spare you floods of ecstatic minutiae.

I'll have a pen and notebook on me at all times (like usual) and will take meticulous notes; my camera too will always be at hand. No experience will go uncaptured. I plan to spend a considerable amount of time upon return to the States reviewing and reflecting upon my notes and recreating the events chronologically here for you. I think this will be easier for both of us.

Thanks for reading! Stay tuned! Wish me luck! And have a wonderful few weeks!

-IEB