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Hello Group,

I realize that I did send the itinerary to you guys before I left. Sorry. Here it is.

Jan 6-21 Lima Peru, Global Volunteer placement working at the orphanage
Jan 21-23 Cuzco Peru, acclimating to the altitude
Jan 23-25 Aquas Calientes Peru - viewing Machu Picchu
Jan 25-27 Arequipa Peru - Colonial City and Colca Canyon
Jan 27-29 Chiclayo Peru - Major exhibit Senor of Sipan
Jan 30-Feb 3 Trujillo Peru - Chan Chan ruins
Feb 3-9 Saint Eulalia - Dances of Universal Peace
Feb 9 Leave for Santiago Chile - sleep in the airport

Feb 10-14 Easter Island Chile - looking at massive stone heads
Feb 15 Chile to Auckland in route to Thailand
Feb 18 Arrive in Bangkok - lose 2 days in transit

Feb 20-Mar 5 Khorat Thailand- Earthwatch archeological dig on society thought to build Angkor Wat in Cambodia
Mar 6-10 Angkor Wat in Cambodia
Mar 10-16 Various places in Thailand including River Kwai horse camp and Bangkok revisiting old favorites

Mar 16-21 Bali - Not sure what I will do here. Maybe just relax and catçh up on my blog.

Mar 21-25 Auckland NZ - Relax and prepare for the next placement

Mar 25-Ap 15 Cook Islands with Global Volunteers - teaching english and other projects.

Apr 20-May 9 NEW ZEALAND - YAAAH! VACATION

May 9-May 23 Australia - Earthwatch placement near MacKay with Koala´s
May 23-June 2 Time off for excursion
June 2-15 I to I placement near Rockhampton with Wallabys
June 15-24 Time off for excursion
June 24-July 7 Earthwatch placement on Kangaroo Island off Adelaide with Echidna´s

July 13 - 16 Through Hong Kong on route to Sri Lanka

July 16-Aug 15 Sri Landa - I to I placement in elephant orphanage

Aug 15-24 Hong Kong to rest and sight see

Aug 25 - 9-21 South Africa - near Kruger National Park - Enkosini placement with baboons
Sept 23-Nov 4 Capetown - Enkosini placement with Penguins
Nov 5-19 Near Kruger NP - I to I placement with Lions

Nov 20- Dec 1 Madrid Spain - Vaughan Village placement - speaking english to Spanish business people.

Dec 2-23 Romania near Bucharest - Global Volunteers placement with orphans.

Dec 23-30?? England - rest and relax

??? Back in the US via Chicago to get to Philly

?? Back in Denver

Things between Jan and March are set. Deposits have been made for the I to I placements and EW placement through July. Everything else is tentative, but a probable go unless something really special shows up.

Will try and post actual PERU entries with photos soon. Just as soon as I find a Starbucks, that is.

Love to all and thanks for you love, encouragement and support.

Gypsy Jane

Hello travel fans!

Yes, the final week has arrived and the house is sight to behold. Boxes everywhere, large black trash bags full of donations in the launching station at the front door as the car is packed to the gills with things to go to ARC.

Here is picture of what the living room looked like the night I finalized my itinerary on paper.

The tenant/cat sitter is currently still searching for this wonderful opportunity for cat companionship and retreat space. If you have any candidates, please feel free to contact Karen Stickland at 303/716-0146 (the cat's personal friend, secretary and interview agent) or my rental agent Tamara Vander Vliet at 303/832-8312. Both of these ladies know the details of the space and the arrangments and can answer any questions.

I am getting very excited as I am talking to people and can't believe the last 5 weeks have just flown past.

People keep asking if I am traveling by myself and now the answer is NO! Don't get too excited, it is not a human.

Quen (pronounced Kwin), short for Quentin Everest Deverill, will be accompanying me around the world. He is currently packing in the kitchen (see photo) or he would send his own personal message. We have already been planning some of his photos and he is very excited about Peru, NZ and Australia and the possibility of seeing some cousins, etc.

Quen's outlook on life is " Quite Easily Done" and that will be the watch word for the year.

Quen and I would like to say special thank you's to everyone who has helped in the last few weeks to get us out the door, Karen Stickland, Tamara Vander Vliet, Brett at Companion Pet Service, Bill, Sherry and Ryan Scebbi, Ray and Angela Berry, Peter Hughes and Shane Delavan, Diane Ahonen (not a complete list).

Also special thank you's to everyone who contributed little things to take with me such as the fabulous custom made computer bag from MKICOUNTRY.com from Carole Wood, my new boots and socks c/o Meredith, sheets and bug spray c/o Sharon (I am walking in love), good smellies and lovely dangles from Annemarie, Susy and Bonnie Hickey (12 special items muchly appreciated), packable photo album from Paulette, my carry on luggage and Master Quen from Miss Lana, scarf from Mary, and the lovely bracelet from Janis.

I have also been incredibly well fed both bodily and spiritually these last few weeks with dinners, lunches, cups of coffee, send off parties and tons of hugs and kisses. Robbie and David, the champagne was FABU!

I am so blessed with my friends. Thank you.

We are sigining off because Quen is insisting that we turn our attention to the downstairs and start moving all the boxes up the the top for storage.

Peter and I at the party.

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Saturday, July 16

Hello All,

I am in Virginia and will be at the airport in three hours to leave for France.

Missions accomplished so far - See the grave at Arlington and post my first message on the blog.

I feel so accomplished.

I am very excited and a little distracted and have already had one instance where I thought I had mislaid the passport. Luckily, Anthony came through and we are still together.

I am very much looking forward to my first adventure, buying train tickets and finding my hotel with a map that does not have all the streets listed.

Many thanks to everyone who has had a hand in helping me prepare for this part of my adventure: (only a partial list)including Arlene and her french tapes, Janis and my lovely Eifel Tower pocket book, Mary and Kathy for the lovely cards with helpful hints on what to do and what to say and Peter and Shane for their coaching.

I have taken a few pictures for the trip including one of my lovely cab driver, Susy H. who met me with beret, red lips, red purse, eye liner and multiple kisses on each check.

My watch word for this adventure is an open mind. As you think of me in France,dusty and warm from moving rocks, please add open mind to your thoughts.

My next posting will be from France.

Au Revior (spelling not my forte in any language)
(Good By, for now)

Lady Jane