Right, so...

I've decided to go round the world. On my own.

See, although I've been to quite a few places in my 18 years of life, it's almost always been with my parents. In fact, I can't think of anywhere abroad that I've been without my parents. Even on school trips, my mum was the one organising them, so I always had at least her there. It's time to strike out on my own.

Going around the world seems a bit overkill though...

Oh well, i've made a journal and everything so I'm comitted to it now :D

After practising the ancient art of google-fu, I've decided to use a company called STA Travel, and have spent a couple of hours playing around with their Travel planner thingy (with occasional side-trips to wikapedia and the Times Atlas of the World open beside me) and have come up with a game plan:

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I've got a tentative quote based on some dates around October - December, and it's £2118 plus taxes etc. I think that's good money for going all round the world. Of course, I'll probably have to spend that much again on accomodation etc; but I've got about £2000 in my bank account at the moment already, and will just have to work my ass off for a few months to get the rest of the money.