Work, Work, Work

Dear Mom and Dad,

The boys and I have been working our butts off to save money for this trip! The one thing I have learned so far about traveling is bring half the stuff you think you should pack and twice the money. It's actually a quote from somewhere, but it couldn't be more accurate.

We have a travel guru that will guide our trip with helpful advice and tips. I'm excited to be in contact with Tom Bedell for this very reason. I think he will be able to give us valuable insider information about traveling Southeast Asia. From the brief 15 minutes I have spoke to him about traveling around the Asian countries, I gained information about ways to go through the different countries, food to try, and places to visit. We now have a tentative plan of where we want to initially travel once we have landed in Singapore. Our route is going to consist of traveling South along the coast through Jakarta, Indonesia into Bali. We will stay in Bali for a week and travel back up North to meet Jordie. This should take about month to do this.

After googling pictures of Bali, I can't wait to explore! I am going to look into getting scuba certified since Charlie is dying to do some diving. There are packages for snorkeling and diving that cost anywhere from $30 to $150 not a bad price if you ask me. Another reason to pick up an extra work shift. It's how I have started to rationalize working all the time. I think, "I could do this for a couple hours now in exchange for the cost of scuba diving in Bali for an entire day." I guess I'll pick up the extra shift! :)

Love,

Your workhorses