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Jules and Sofie: Voyage Through America

Countries visited: The United States; Costa Rica; Panama; Mexico

and then

Jules Does a Bit More.....

Countries visited: Cuba; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia

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So there I am, for years, banging away with my tiny hammer at the Wall of Careerdom, attempting to make a name for myself in the beautiful, if not slightly arcane, world known as Digital Signal Processing. But I kept meeting people who´d done this travel thing, many times, and knowing my own love of travel, languages, and working in new countries I kept on thinking that any day now, it would be my turn. But I just couldn´t let this career thing go. That unhealthy combination of curiosity and ambition even saw me go completely nuts and complete a Doctorate of Engineering. At least I got to conclude the last 3 years of it whilst working at Philips Electronics´funky research centre in Holland.

But in all that little career move cost me another SIX years, and suddenly, I am 34. Fortunately, I had managed to avoid marriage and children, and having just been dumped, surely NOW was the time to quit. To GO. But then it wasn´t: an offer to work in Copenhagen popped up, just three months, possibly four, on an interesting freelance contract to design audio sound effects for Huge Korean Firm´s new mobile phones. I couldnt resist being able to work just 12 weeks and earn enough lolly to pay for a long trip away with no financial restraints.

But that in fact lasted a YEAR, where in Week One I meet Sofie (the sweetest woman in all of Scandanavia :-) )

Her story is like this: teacher in Denmark meets me. Manages to swing 4 months off work to accompany said me on totally illogical and ill-planned adventures to discover the cultures, the landscapes, the rich and the poor (mainly poor let´s face it), and the politics of the Americas.

Cutting a long story a tad shorter (not my strong point), we both set off for a tour of USA and Latin America, 2nd October 2006 for 4 months, with a view to me doing, er, a bit more on my own afterwards..............

jules

PS All the photos from the trip can be viewed on photobucket:

Jules and Sofie,
Jules Solo Extension!



The couple mooching around Yosemite National Park





Jules in California's golden Gold Country




Pro Roadsweepers kit - Oaxaca, Mexico



Learn spanish in Nicaragua from the experts!

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