It sort of seems silly to begin a travel diary before I even begin traveling but right about now its getting me so pumped I want to crap my pants. So, more for my benefit than that of anyone reading I'm going to give the back story for this whole trip so you can see how I got to this point. So here I go. The year is 2007....late 2007 I don't know exactly when because at the time the event didn't really seem like anything that would even resemble a turning point in my life. I got my tax return for the year. It was a pretty nice sum and it got me thinking "Wow, I could really do something with this!" I thought about it for a while and as you may of guessed
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