Oh hello there and welcome to my blog. If you weren’t aware Teagle is my nickname from college and these are my travels. Join me as I chronicle my journey through SE Asia and down to New Zealand as a drastically underfunded entrepreneur of unemployment. I’m not sure what to expect from this journey so you’ll have to bear with me as it unfolds. My postings will be sporadic as they will be inversely related to internet availability and the price of beer.
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Let me just give to you some quick background about this whole event. It occurred to me a while ago that while I have always enjoyed traveling I was finding it difficult to cross off the many destinations that I desired to visit in any reasonable amount of time. Then around a year ago my coworker and friend of a similar age had just quit his job to explore New Zealand. As it turns out it is quite easy for someone under 30 to obtain a Holiday Work Visa for one year from NZ and that is exactly what I’ve done; with a few more stops along the way.
My destinations are rather flexible and even up until the last week my original jumping point was somewhere entirely different. SE Asia was chosen as a starting point because of its low costs although the specific countries themselves are ever changing. As of right now you should be able to follow me from Hong Kong to Nepal down to Thailand, at which point there is a big question mark, ultimately finding me in New Zealand. Once I get there I intend to work in some capacity but surely you will not hear me narrate what a Kiwi cubicle looks like. I have little desire in replicating my 9 to 5 in the Southern Hemisphere, perhaps I will pick grapes or sheer sheep to bide my weeks and earn enough to continue along.
If you’re still wondering why I’m doing this the short answer is because I can. As of yet I have kept myself free of a wife, child or mortgage and figured now was as good a time as ever. My goal is to travel until I feel as though I’ve thoroughly found myself … or until the 10K I saved has run dry. Either way it’s going to be a one hell of a ride. Please feel free to join me at any point, literally, come find me in the flesh and share in the experience. Going solo has its advantages but there is plenty fun to go around.
Tuesday May 3rd
I begin by crying with my chauffer as she drops me off curbside at PDX. I’m sad, nervous and excited as we kiss goodbye. I have found myself in love and am wary to remove myself from such a beautiful emotion. We are both curious about our future, but having had decided to go travel before we had met it seemed right, to us both, that I fulfill my desire and depart.
It is but moments later and my emotions change as I suddenly realize I have forgotten my power cord for my netbook. I am merely 30 minutes into my journey and already something has gone awry; admittedly it is my fault. Although I recall my Toshiba boasts something like 37 hours of battery life this does little to allay my disgust. The first of many expletives are shouted as I consider turning around although I know better and instead am lucky to pay $20 for one in the terminal. I cross my fingers that this will be the worst I am to experience on my travels.
Given my unique association to a friend of mine I have been upgrade to Business Class and I settle for the best I’ll get for a long time. To be fair, it’s more difficult than you think to drink champagne before even stowing your carry-on luggage. And surely you don’t presume that a 4 course meal is little more than an exercise in exercise? For me the real pain is knowing that in a few hours after finishing dessert and taking a nap I’ll be forced to do it all over again, only this time it will be breakfast. But in all fairness during the next 12 months I will likely be eating, sleeping, and traveling with little more than backpack big enough for a weekend getaway and fewer possessions than a 5 year old.
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