Rad Bad Nomad

December was a hard month for me.  I lost my job at the end of November and was unable to find a job through December because of the holidays and just a hard time of year to find work.  Finally found a part-time job the beginning of January and I start a full-time job in a week.  Because of the lack of work and being able to save I have been set back a few months on my departure date.  

I am now back on track and will be departing the end of August with a little more money than anticipated. So all is well.  Sorry about the lack of posts these past few months.  Will definitely be posting on here a lot more.

Everything has been smooth sailing with this trip so far, from immunizations, saving, research, to even buying a really cheap ticket into Manchester, UK.  But this Thursday I had a curve ball thrown at me from Travelocity. I received an email saying that there was a problem with my flights and needed to contact them for details.  Of course I called right away to see what the problem was and what could be done to fix it.  I was informed that British Midlands doesn’t fly from Chicago to Manchester anymore and therefore my flight for that leg was not confirmed by the airline.  Mark, the Travelocity Agent, called British Midlands to see if there was anything they could do for me, but since they don’t fly that route anymore there wasn’t much they could do but refund my money.

So now the search for cheap flights is back on, and the date will probably be different than 30 Mar 09.  The only good thing about this is that I found out about it four months prior to my departure instead of four days.  So wish me luck in finding another cheap flight pretty soon.

One of the toughest decisions that I am faced with right now is what electronics and gear I want to have on my trip. My main concern is probably how I am going to charge everything on the road. I don’t want to have to carry a lot of extra chargers and plugs, however I’m not quite sure how to get around that yet since I’m not to electronically savvy.

ELECTRONICS

Even though I haven’t specifically bought anything for the trip, I do already have a few items that will be going with me. My Macbook Pro, which I have had for a couple years so it wont matter if it gets beat up a little more, an iPod Nano for some tunes, and my Canon Rebel Xsi to hopefully take some amazing shots.
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