decisions, decisions...

trying to use this day, a very rare and precious day off, to pull the trigger on some big trip decisions.

first: i am trying my damndest to make it to my friends' wedding in colorado, right before my flight to belize. which means a round trip flight from atl>den, hotel room, etc. my funds being what they are, i'd have to find these things pur-etty damn cheap.

next: i have no flight home yet. this is because i don't know where i am coming home from yet. my original plans had me leaving lima to go down to santiago, chile to bum around southern south america for a while, possibly trying to find a way to easter island. as it turns out, not the best time, weather-wise, to be in those parts of the world. not to mention i will most definitely be out of money at this point, which is why what i should do is book a flight home from lima to los angeles.

but i probably won't do that.

i'm looking into a couple of options: hitting buenos aires before coming home. i've heard it can be pretty cheap and good for solo travelers.

also, meredith is going to new orleans after leaving lima. i could come back to los angeles via nola, and catch voodoo fest, a big honkin' music festival. and drown my travel weary bones in chicory coffee, beignets, po' boys and bourbon.

i think you know which way i'm leaning.

slogging through itineraries, travel websites, and flight plans is both exciting and frustrating, especially when one does not know from where one will be departing. this is just another one of the downsides to traveling (partially) solo. making decisions.

while i have always loved traveling alone, it means that you have to make some big decisions without really having it effect anyone else. which can be amazing and liberating, but it also means you can't pass the buck sometimes when you just want shit to be taken care of. 

luckily, i am not doing the whole trip solo, so we've made some group decisions. very little compromise was needed, as we all wanted pretty much the same in an inca trail hike. it was nice to have a couple people weighing in on the issue. i have been bouncing ideas off of people, of course, as well as using social media (facebook, this here blog) to try to get different opinions. but there is only so much a person can stand to talk about someone else's fabulous vacation. it's come down to me.