We had some family friends over for dinner last night, and spent a while discussing traveling. The timing was perfect. I'm just about to leave, and Scotty, one of the people that was over, had just gotten back from a similar, but longer, trip himself. You can read about some of his adventures here.
I'm trying to remember all the different things he mentioned to me, but I can't. The thing that pops to mind right now is that he said his favorite part of Australia was the Outback, which I had been thinking I'd skip, but I'm now rethinking that. While he was there he worked for 2.5 weeks on a cattle station, and I think doing something like that would be a great way to see a part of the country and get a good feel for a fairly different lifestyle. There's an organization called Willing Workers on Organic Farms, or WWOOF, which puts together a book of places willing to take volunteers. Sounds like a good option to me.
Scotty also said that I was doing the right thing to buy tickets as I went, rather than buying them all up front. Rand said pretty much the same thing when I talked to him. And, it just makes sense to me. More flexibility, and it looks like it'll be the same price, if not cheaper, most of the time.
Posted by vanwie at November 25, 2003 12:01 AMJenny and I were looking into WWOOFing, as you may recall, before we got road-weary and decided to seek a "normal" life. I don't know if I have anything particular to tell you about it, since we didn't get farther than corresponding with a few farms we were interested in, but it seems like a cool organization.
Posted by: Scott at November 25, 2003 05:38 PMI remember you were going to do that -- I didn't realize it was the same organization. I'll take that as another vote in favor of them.
Posted by: vanwie at November 25, 2003 08:34 PM