Travel Blog: Day -35

I guess most (all?) of the few people who read this blog already know about my travelling plans.
I have decided to take 6 months off and travel around South America, New Zealand and Australia.

My flights are booked and the general route has been laid out. I will work out the details along the way.

• October 3rd: Flight from Frankfurt to Lima, Peru (via Madrid, Spain)
• Somehow make my way to La Paz, Bolivia
• November 4th: Flight from La Paz to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Via Santiago, Chile)
• Travel southward to Buenos Aires, Argentina (maybe Uruguay...if there is time...), then further south to explore Patagonia. Then on to Santiago
• January 3rd: Flight from Santiago to Auckland, New Zealand (via Los Angeles, USA and Brisbane, Australia)
• Travel southward to Christchurch
• January 27th: Flight from Christchurch to Sydney, Australia
• February 1st: Flight from Sydney to Brisbane
• Move along Australia's east coast up to Cairns
• March 24th: Flight from Cairns to Melbourne
• March 29th: Flight from Melbourne to Frankfurt (via Singapore)
  

I still have some things to get straightened out before I leave. The most pressing issue is my apartment...haven't found anybody to rent it. Got lots of inquiries for single rooms but not for the whole thing. Keep your fingers crossed for me.

Updates will appear here on a regular basis.

Lyrics Snippet #11

Today I present you a little piece by Phil Ochs - a songwriter I actually stumbled across when reading Stephen King's "Hert in Atlantis" where his song "I Ain't Marching Anymore" (video) was mentioned several times.

If you are into 60s and 70s folk/protest music you should check out some of his songs:

• Bullets Of Mexico
• Links on the Chain
• Talking Cuban Crisis
• One More Parade
• The Men Behind the Guns

Those I like best from the few I know (hardly more than a dozen) so there probably are lots of others worth listening to.

For I marched to the battles of the German trench
In a war that was bound to end all wars
Oh I must have killed a million men
And now they want me back again
But I ain't marchin' anymore

~ "I Ain't Marching Anymore" - Phil Ochs ~