The same thing we do every night

…try to take over the world!

I can’t help but think about some of my favorite childhood cartoon characters, Pinky and the Brain, when I think about planning an RTW trip. The trip is a major feat in itself, but to take over the world?! I can’t even imagine the kind of planning that would go into such a task! Luckily I’m just planning on passing through a couple of countries here and there, so my job should be easy, right?

Wrong.

But how can that be? Our trip plan has changed drastically with the new job offer and whatnot, making for smaller trips to plan, yet still I feel a little overwhelmed. We will be spending 1 1/2 – 2 months in Central America this winter, and still I only really know where we are taking our Spanish lessons.

Is it cool that we don’t have any real plans except for some plane tickets? Is 1 1/2 – 2 months enough time to just “wing it”, or should we have some base itinerary to work off of? Maybe we’ll just buy a couple of Lonely Planet guidebooks and set off. With only FOUR months to go I probably need to kick it into high gear!

Posted August 25, 2007 in: Planning '06-'07

About Brooke

Brooke is a thrifty traveler and experience collector with a love for language learning, history and cannoli. She is the creator of the female travel focused FTU Newsletter and Her Packing List website. Other thrifty travelers can gain from her years of worldly travel experience by subscribing to the RSS feed. See also: Twitter, Facebook, Google+.

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