100 Countries

In addition to making it to 100 different countries, I’d also like to travel to the 50 different states in the US. I think a several month trip all around the US would be a wonderful way to spend a summer in the next few years and something that I have bouncing around in the back of my mind. Until then, I should be traveling to states here and there in the normal course of my activities.

Case in point, I will be traveling to Medford, Oregon this coming Sunday for a week to meet with my business partner to discuss our websites and our goals for the coming months. It should be a wonderful time and I hope to take some photos of the trip (my motivation to not spend the whole time in front of the computer) to share.

I also need to sit down and write out a list of all the states I have been to so far. Placed on my list of things to do

Now that the Mexico trip has been finalized for October, I’m beginning to think of the next trip. I will be traveling to Hawaii in late November. There is a slight possibility that I may go to Japan after the Hawaii trip which should be confirmed either way in the next few weeks. That means that I’m thinking about another month long stay somewhere and Costa Rica is currently where I am searching for accommodations. It looks like it will take place in either February or March of 2010.

I have not been to Costa Rica before so it will be an added country to my list and from what I’ve heard, it’s a great country to explore. Always open to suggestions or help from anyone that has spent some time there.

October is going to be spent in Mexico. I purchased my ticket and have rented a small studio apartment in Los Barriles, Baja California Sur which is on the East Cape midway between Cabo San Lucas and La Paz. It’s not directly on the beach, but within a 5 minute walk which is fine with me. Here is the view from the place:

This will be a test of whether or not it will be feasible to do my work while traveling and should be a pretty easy first test since I won’t be wandering from place to place on a daily or weekly basis. This is my experiment to see if the sitting on a porch overlooking the ocean with a beer in my hand while working on my computer is as good as the image I have of it. If this works out well, extended one month stays in different countries will definitely be placed into my overall travel plans.

One of my life goals has always been to visit 100 different countries, but with many things in life, this goal was placed on the back-burner to deal with other things in my life for a long time. It now appears that I have both the time, energy and work that will allow me to pursue this goal in the coming years. This blog will follow those adventures as I slowly make progress to achieving the 100 different country goal.

I also want this blog to be an ongoing art project for people that travel. As I travel to each new country, I plan to release a book to someone I meet along the way. This person can draw, doodle, sketch or do whatever else they want in the book. They can then hand off the sketch book to another traveler who they meet with the hope that the sketch book eventually travels to different countries all over the world.

It is hoped that those who receive the sketch book will will visit this site to update where there book is, share photos of where they took the book and their thoughts about what they found inside and what they left.

Once the book’s pages are filled, I hope the book will be returned to me so that we can scan all the pages and share them with anyone.

This is the beginning of the adventure and as every traveller knows, there are sure to be both exciting surprises and unexpected events along the way. I hope that you will enjoy the experiences as they unfold and join me in the goal of traveling to 100 different countries yourself.