If you’ve been following me on twitter, instagram, or facebook, you’ve likely noticed some references to some serious travel this year. Well, today is the day. Steve and I are on a plane, headed to Bangkok – the first stop in a four month journey.
yes. four. months.
A little crazy, but this is something that we’ve been pondering and semi-planning for for several years. In fact, we were gearing up to take this very trip in early 2011. But in 2010, Drywell Art was accidentally born, and needed my attention.
Now the little business is a toddler and can stand on its own for a bit. While we’re gone, Drywell Art is in the very capable hands of my number one fans, my parents. They’ve been shipping out art like champs, and everything in the two shops will run as usual. Please compliment them on the high level of customer service they are providing, with daily drops to the post office. They are the absolute best.
To say that this trip is a dream would be an understatement. (Bu quite honestly, the stress it has caused in getting tickets, preparing our home for a subletter, and turning over Drywell to the folks has sometimes seemed more like a nightmare.) But now that I’m safely at the airport, with seat assignment in hand and a belly full of ramen and sake, I couldn’t be more excited.
In the upcoming months, our travels will take us throughout Southeast Asia, including Thailand, VIetnam, Malaysia, Laos, Bali, and SIngapore, as well as Japan and then on to Europe for some Croatia, Turkey, Italy, and Belgium action. If you’re headed to any of those places, please don’t hesitate to drop us a line and we can try to meet up. Oh, and suggestions are always welcome. Let ’em rip.
And as I keep reminding myself, this isn’t a vacation, but rather a journey. As such, I’ll be a busy bee, painting with my travel watercolor set, scheming, and thinking of new ideas for Drywell Art. Oh, and eating an obscene amount of street food. If you want to follow along, I’ll be posting here on this blog, as well as on Instagram, Twitter, and Flickr. So will Steve.
And we’re off.
AMAZING! Can’t wait to see some posts, tweets, and instagrams of your adventure! Sounds like a dream.