Planning

This trip essentially started 6 months ago, with planning. An important element in organising a trip this size. I started with the goal of going to the US, that’s all I knew to start.

You may ask why I chose the US, the answer is simple. I love technology, as you can tell by my site – techAU.tv and the US, particularly the west coast. has some of the most innovative tech companies in the world.

Companies like Facebook, Digg, Twitter and more all started there, add to that the podcasting hero Leo Laporte with his TWiT Network. Then there’s the fact I had a mate travel there last year. After seeing some of his photos, it made me more motivated than ever to get my stuff together and make it happen.

At the time of writing this, I’m 28 and still single. This is important to when it comes to the next stage of planning, go it alone, with a friend or on a tour ?

I received some advice that because it was my first time over there, it’s best to go on a tour. Coming from a sound source, I took that on board. After visiting a local travel agent and flicking through a Contiki brochure I settled on a 10 day tour called LA to the Bay.

Next decision was to go it alone or with friends. Sharing the experience with someone else was very inviting, so I asked around. Both my cousin Matt and friend Bethany were interested. Unfortunately work commitments meant that the timeframe wouldn’t work for Bethany.

So my cousin Matt, who’s been overseas a few times before became my perfect travel buddy. A top block he’s a couple years older than me and from QLD, so we’ll meet in Sydney and fly 18 hours to LA on the 3rd of April 2010.

As the months rolled on there was numbers things to organise, some of them will require their own post. The most complex being – the Passport.

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