Convincing the Kid

After yesterday's lunch-time chat with my son re throwing in the towel and travelling, he wasn't too keen.

But last night he had Geography homework! Perfect time to give him a visual illustration of where we'd go if we went. He followed my finger as I traced a route up across Africa, Europe, Asia - and when I got to Ethiopia and mentioned "artifacts and amazing gorges", he was sold! :) I think he's starting to realize just how huge an adventure we could have, if we put our minds to it and were willing to find a new perspective on life.

I've been doing a bit of research this morning into prices for various things (like 4x4s and laptops and good cameras, although I have 3 of the latter already), and checking my budget to see if we could work things out. And I think we really could, with a few adjustments to how we spend our time, money and energies. There's still a lot of thinking to do, and investigating, and talking to folk who have travelled similar roads. I like to have a LOT of info before I make any leaps.

But you never know - this could just work out. And this particular blog could get a lot less boring in a year and a half! :)

::update::
4x4? WHAT 4x4? These guys did it in an ancient VW Kombi! There's hope for us all...

..and then there's THESE crazy Aussies, going by FOOT...