That's it...I've caught it...the travel bug that comes and unexpectedly bites so many of us in the bum. I am about to embark on my first solo travel adventure~a little freaked out~but definitely uber excited. South America wasn't initially one of the places I had in mind to travel to during my gap year, it sort of all just fell into my lap in a way. In any case, South America here I come!... full info