Now or never...

A collective dismissal can be a catastrophe, but for Jonny and Me it is the opportunity to do what we enjoy the most: TRAVELLING.

Without a doubt we can really say that 2008 was an amazing year for us, a year to be grateful and to remember. Many plans were made, many dreams were in sight but a change of direction made things change but only for the better.

Jonny´s contract at the University of Leuven ended the 24th of december, and mine at WWL the 31st. We "bougth" two houses -and for a reason that we now understand and even celebrate- they were not for us. The plans for becoming parents also changed, so in our case: no job, no debt and no kids only leads to adventure.

Some migth think that we are a bit crazy (may be we are), but our approach to life and the way we decided to prioritize on what´s important for us helped us to take the decision of travelling to an exotic destination before becoming completly adults :) Our first tougths were in Africa and Oceania, but then Asia caugth our full attention.

After many conversations with close friends, and experienced world travellers, we decided to do a trip of four months and discover a new continent, another culture, different spices and another way of living life.

This is how we are finalizing all the arrangements for our great adventure, that will start the 21st of January at the International Airport of Brussels on board of a Ethiad Airways plane.

As the Lonely Planet recommends, we will be travelling with a ligth load phisically and mentally; our backpacks will only have the basics and will leave lots of space for keeping all the experiences and learnings we´ll have during this 4 months.

Our itinerary is not completly pre defined, but we plan to visit Thailand, Myanmar (Burma), Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia. The South East Asia on a Shoestring (lonely planet guide) will be one of our sources of information, the rest of the info will come from locals and fellow backpackers.

The first stop will be the airport of Abu Dhabi, were we will be in transit before arriving in Bangkok. Our first approach to the Asian Culture will happen in Ko Chang, the second biggest Island of Thailand, home of the National Marine Park, a natural resource containing 75% of untouched rainforest.

After Ko Chang we plan to head up north, and go with the flow and the information we can get fom our multiple sources: people, internet and some books.

Voila, that´s a little introduction, enjoy our stories as much as we will enjoy our trip!