Timeline

Here it goes the list of stops

1. Move out of San Diego March 3rd
2. March 5th Up to Reno/Tahoe. Visit the family celebrate the brothers birthday do some boarding
3. March 8th travel to Chicago. See the new brother, dad, other brothers, and Claire, also all my aunts, cousins, and grandparents, and my Chicago girls till the 17th of March
4. Spend the rest of my time at home in Reno with my family and friends working at Roundabout Market and throwing a fundraiser March 27th (everyone should come) for my volunteer work.
4. April 9th (12:01AM) fly from Sacramento to Ixtapa, Mexico. Here the relaxation begins. Lacy and I figure it will take some time to clear our minds and get into the right open mindset we need for this trip. We plan to do this by traveling to small beach villages throughout Central America. We will be somewhere between Ixtapa and Costa Rica for a few months.
5. Pick up Lily and friend in San Jose Costa Rica...spend more time on the beach with them.
5. July 1st arrive In Quito, Ecuador. Here we will begin orientation for our time out in a reserve in the Amazon jungle where we will be volunteering. This will include but is not limited to bugs, snakes, and spiders...get ready for some good blogging as the trip takes four girls into the Amazon.
6. July 27th fly to Lima, Peru to travel to Machu Picchu, Peru. Here is a major tourist stop in our journey...something we couldn't miss.
7. August 7th to Buenos Aires, Argentina. Here we will possibly take a Spanish class see sites, and travel to neighboring countries. Sadly Lily leaves from here :(
8. Sept 3rd fly to Capetown, Africa. Arrive in Capetown. See the beauty to this city. Hopefully meet some friends of friends. My little friend Ashley will be living about 3hours outside the city and we will be spending lots of time there with her.
9. Sept 14th fly to Tanzania. Here our trip will take us to Dar es Salaam . The actual volunteering will not be done here in the city but in Bagamoyo, Tanzania in Eastern Africa. Work here will involve teaching art, computers, and English in a local school. YAYAYAY my little friend Amy will already be there waiting for me as she is beginning this volunteer program a month before me and continuing one the month I am there.
10. Next off to India. The trip after Africa becomes a bit less planned. Here in India work will be done for the communities we visit, but no set volunteer work has been established.
11. China, Christmas in Beijing. I am really excited about this as I will visit two friends I have made in San Diego as they will be living there teaching English.
12. Next SE Asia. Here we will not have much time and most of it will be spent on beaches and seeing the sites.
13. Next Australia: this is open ended as I have many friends who will be here and perhaps a job awaits me there. Time will tell.