So, having made the decision to go traveling this is the itinerary that I'm currently working on. The plan is to fly to New York then travel up to Boston maybe via Martha's Vineyard. I'll then head over to Chicago to take in the windy city before going up to Minneapolis (my old stomping ground) for a few days to catch up with friends there (thanks Sue for the offer of a bed!), hopefully coinciding with the Minnesota State Fair where I'll definitely have to have some cheese curds - the state dish! From there it's over to San Francisco before heading down to LA then over to New Zealand. Am hoping to cover most of both of the Islands probably traveling with Kiwi Experience. Then it's over to Australia where I think a lot of my time will be spent on a bus! Planning to take in the usual sights, Uluru, Great Barrier Reef (HAVE to dive it!) Sydney Opera House etc. etc. From Australia I'm going to Singapore (looking forward to that Singapore Sling in Raffles!) then on to Hong Kong, Tokyo and finally over to Africa for the last leg of the tour which will see me travel through SA, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi and on up to Kenya where I'll spend the last few days relaxing before heading back to the UK and job hunting!