A Year in the Near East

Time flies…It’s only a few days before I leave to London, but there seems like so much left to do before I go. I am really anxious to get this under way – I’ve been waiting for this ever since I came home from Thailand two years ago

As for the details, I am heading to London on August 25 for a week before heading to Aarhus, Denmark, for another week. I fly to Ankara, Turkey on September 6, where I will begin orientation at the Middle Eastern Technical University (METU). I will be going to school there for the academic year and probably won’t be home until July 2007 at the earliest.

Seems wild, I know. I’ll do my best to keep this blog updated with stories of my travel mishaps and photos (which are linked to an outside site). There’s really no telling the kind of trouble I can get myself into. I’d like to take a few side trips to the Ukraine and Iran if I can. I also wanted to visit Beirut, but someone decided to go and blow up their airport… Either way, I’ll do my best to keep everyone up to date.