For Mom, Love Steve

I have a plan, finally. It sucks to be a lazy bastard when it comes to important life changing events. Anyways, a local airline company LIAT, has a special offer for island hopping. It is called the mini explorer. Basically, for $280. I can hit up to four islands. Now a one way ticket to Venezuela is going for $450 and that requires me flying back to Miami, screw that. For less money I can dillipbop down the lower antilles hitting a few islands before I hit SA. Now more island living isn’t a huge priority for me but who knows if I would ever make it back. This is a perfect example of why you should not take one of those pre-packaged RTW tickets. Something great like this can pop up but you can’ t take advantage of it. Anyway’s, after some deliberation I have come up with the following plan. A week in Dominica (which is a UNESCO site- means its one of very few), a week in Martinique (to study up on my French), a week in Tobago (do some adventuring) and a few days in Trinidad. From there I can take a ferry across to Venezuela and thereby start stage two. Now since it is the night before I am to leave and I have not found a place to stay, the plan is not exactly perfect. Oh well, at worse I stay at some 5-star resort and do the anti-backpack thing. Oh well, I’m just happy as hell I have a starting point. It was going to suck standing at the airport with my thumb stuck out asking for a flight somewhere.
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Here is the crap that I am taking. I gave it a stuff and it all fit so it looks like I am okay.

Just so that I don’t look like too much of a rookie traveler, it must be stated that this list is in no way representative of what I would take if I did not live on an island out in the middle of no where. If I was going to take a diamond encrusted backpack filled with Rum, no problem. I could get that. Now supplies for a round the world trip not so easy. This is a resort town so not too many camping supply stores. Warm clothes are another not going to happen. So to balance what I am taking, I will attach a website from a guy named Hector who did his RTW this last year. He has an excellent site with a lot of helpful hints. Here is his packing list. While your there, read some of his stuff. Great info and fantastic pictures. I got the idea of panographic shots from his site.
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