Some Updates

Hey all!



So nothing spectacularly new going on in Princeton, NJ. Joe and I are working in our respective labs, playing a ton of incredible soccer, and getting really excited for leaving. Our projected date of departure is September 1st 2008! We have gotten in touch with "Carmela" from STA travel who has alleviated a lot of our initial questions and worries about using round the world trip tickets. Before when we were investigating Star Alliance and other places, we had to use this silly online application that made an itinerary that you could submit to the airline.

STA travel on the other hand, and Carmela specifically just wants us to give a prioritized list of the countries that we want to go to and they will find the cheapest way for us to go to hit them all. For example, we really want to go to Brazil, South Africa, and Italy. Given these destinations Carmela can find the right order to go in, and also whether some legs might be better cut out if they are too expensive. We estimate that the tickets will cost us ~3,000-4,000 dollars.

In other news, Joe, Forrest, and I have been listening to this Moth Story-telling radio broadcast. If you get a chance listen to it at: themoth.com. So good. That is all! (Picture is of Joe on the oceanside of Campeche, Mexico).