UntitledWell, I finally got this blog set up. I would have done it sooner, but who really wants to hear about needles the doctor insisted on sticking in my arms. I have spent the past month researching all the places we will go...maybe. It seems that even though SE Asia is a mere 480,000 sq. mi. (approx an 1/8 of the size of the U.S. and for you New Englanders, NE is 70,000 sq. mi.) covering all of that territory will be difficult as transportation is unreliable. This is yet to be seen though. Laos, for example, doesn't have a railroad system AT ALL. It can't be any worse than the road to Timbukto...can it? I am always interested in how people live in these far off places of the world, duh why else would i
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