Making Preparations Today I begin my 10-day countdown of preparations for my worldwide venture. As someone said Spread out all the clothes you plan to take and all the money. Take half of the clothes and twice the money. Yesterday I got my Yellow Fever vaccination from one of the few local doctors authorized to administer the shots. I've already updated hepatitis vaccinations, and secured malarial and polio meds. My airline reservations worldwide have been completed with the help of Basel from AirTreks. Only a few lodging reservations have been made as I continu [View Full Entry]

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We had a great Thanksgiving, over 60 Converses or related family turned out at the United Methodist Church in Great Bend Kansas. The next day, Linda and I headed out for Edmond Oklahoma, only four hours away. I wanted to meet fellow blogger Kate Hildebrand. We got acquainted through this blog service. I truly liked her blog and contacted her asking her to come to Kinsley Rotary and give a program. To my great surprise she accepted and she came and gave one of the best programs we had all summer. Linda and I got another great Thanksgiving dinner at the [View Full Entry]

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Woohoo! Tomorrow I leave OKC bright and early, connect in Chicago and a couple of dazed hours in the Tokyo airport before I land in Hanoi late on the 16th. My plan for these four and a half months is: *4 weeks Vietnam from Hanoi-Saigon *3 weeks Cambodia *3 weeks in Thailand *10 days in Burma March 17-29th *4 weeks Laos *2 weeks in Beijing and Xi'an, China *2 weeks back through Vietnam *Fly home out of Ho Chi Minh on May 28th *30 hour layover in Tokyo *Back home late on May 30th This is just an idea, the only [View Full Entry]

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