So before coming to Russia, I got this crazy idea in my mind that because I would be over here, it would only be convenient to do some traveling. Initial brainstorming sessions resulted in a rough plan visiting somewhere between 13-14 countries. The final result? 19 Countries in 33 days.
I managed to plan about half of it before my break began, but after that I ended up adding a couple destinations. All throughout the planning process, I got a lot of "Oh My, you won't have time to do anything", or "You'll be going too fast". Well, yes. Fast was the goal. While I was traveling I realized that many people go on vacation and either spend a lot of time in the hotel or do dumb things like lay on a beach all day. Since I was essentially going to spend a month being homeless, I decided to take the time most people waste and put it toward seeing cities.
The entire trip was solo travel out of a school backpack. For most of
the destinations, my phone was non-functioning and save for a few
hostels, I was almost completely off the grid.
Part of
the planning process included finding out what I wanted to see or get
out of each location. I printed out some maps so that I would at least
have a rudimentary way to know where I was.
For the most part, I am very satisfied with my trip. Of course there are places I feel I should return to someday, but I think I spent a decent amount of time in each place to get a feel for the city.
Map Below: The various colors are pretty much meaningless. I think they originally started out as marking all the different currencies I'd be dealing with.
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please write more, i am well aware that you were off the grid and it drove me nuts with worry.
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