counting down

so i have 18 days left of the UK. my preparations are going mostly to plan. and i'm winding down at work...

first port of call is ECUADOR. my only knowledge of which comes from lonely planet. but there are some really great sites out there for the travelling like... some that have been useful include:

trip wolf
hostel world
lonely planet
sta travel buzz

but more importantly there are so many online tools that help you in your preparations... i'm going to put a list together, but the most valuable to date is google maps, google docs, google mail, in fact... everything. i'll explain this in a future post.

wish me luck with my 5 jabs on friday - ouch!