Who We Are
Thanks again for visiting our website. If
you're not a close friend or somehow related to us...wow! We're glad you found us.
"We" are David and Kelly, a couple of average 30 year olds from Chicago--with rampant
wanderlust. We have known each other for ten years (since the 80's!) and have been
seriously thinking of doing this for about two. We have both backpacked
independently through Europe and have returned together several times since.
The idea of setting out on a world trip has always been a dream
of ours, but like many people, we thought it would remain just that. On Kelly's
birthday back in 1997, we started talking about the trip again and tried to think of all
of the reasons why we shouldn't go......and we couldn't come up with anything that would
stick. This is not a tour of distrations, or a "geographical cure" from our
lives, but a chance to see experience things that we hope will enhance the rest
of our lives.
So, after logging in enough hours of research to write a book, we
are taking off for fourteen months (or until our money runs out).
The most important realization we have come to in our research is
we can't see and do everything. We will be barely scratching the surface. We have
already cut out a lot of places we would like to go to spend more time in others.
We have also realized this type of journey is a lot more common
than most people think. When we first started planning, we thought we were quite
unique, especially due to the fact we hoped to bring a computer and digital camera with
us. We then started meeting all sorts of people (via the Internet) who were either
planning, participating in, or had just returned from a world trip. We corresponded
with one couple via email and postcards throughout the entirety of their trip and have
followed a few others who are still traveling. If you have time, check out our
links, especially the sites for Kristina and David
and GoGlobalGirl.
So keep checking back -- this webpage should change quite a
bit as we learn new design techniques and have lotsa time on our hands during 18 hour bus
rides and after curfew "lock-in" in youth hostels.
