I've made this blog mostly to practice writing and documenting my experiences with Runaway Travel trailers. With that said, I'm going to take this blog on a segue, of sorts, and document my upcoming March trip to Australia. Traveling and seeing other cultures and countries has a way of giving us a fresh look at our own culture or country. We tend to get so accustomed to the way we do things that we forget that there's a different way. I believe this opens us up to new ideas in other aspects of our lives and makes us just better people as a whole.
I chose Australia since it's openness to tourism and ample outdoor activities such as camping and hiking. I gave a lot of thought to how I'd travel in the country and would prefer to hike/hitch hike rides to my destinations but with only 2 weeks available, I figured that driving would be the best method. Besides, there's nothing like a good old fashioned road trip.
Cost
I used the Kayak app on my phone to find my flight. Total round trip costs was roughly 1400 USD which is much cheaper than I thought it would be. My flight departs from Panama City, Florida's airport to Charlotte, NC and a 4 layover. Then onward to LAX and finally a 15 hour flight to Sydney's Kingsford Smith airport. I booked a rental care, the smallest and cheapest I could get, which set me back less than 170 dollars for the duration of the trip. Gas will probably be my biggest expense so I chose a compact. hopefully they'll upgrade me to a Prius or other hybrid.
I'm a backpacking traditionalist so I've bought a new internal frame 60 liter backpack from Amazon for 70 dollars. I've also bought a new sleeping pad since most of my overnights will be outside and I've been given a sleeping bag.
I hope you enjoy following along in my journey and I look forward to posting lots of pics and information here!
Happy vegabonding!
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