In a couple days Al Gore will visit the UN Climate Change Conference in Bali, Indonesia, to talk about the need for a visionary treaty to deal with the effects of global warming. Add your voice to Al Gores petition, which he will take with him to Bali! At the time of writing 186,072 people had signed already.
I usually start the planning for a trip ages before I actually go away. I work as much as I can and save as much money up as I can, so the planning part is the only thing that keeps me sane. I work a bit over 300 hours in 2 jobs and this probably for over 6 months. But I know all this work will have an end eventually and my goal (going travelling) is keeping me motivated. So I have a lot of time on my hands in which I can think about what to take with me, where to go first, what to do, who to meet up with, and so on. Continue reading