We're off (almost)!

The trip has begun! We flew out of Philadelphia this morning (luckily not Boston!) and have now
arrived in LA, where we are laying-over for a tedious 8 hours before the next leg of our flight, onward to Melbourne, Australia. Luckily I found a cheap shuttle that took us to Westwood (near UCLA), where we've found good cheap sushi, free wireless, and a place to get some exercise; what more could some weary travelers want? We'll laze around here for a few more hours then head back to the airport.

For those of you for whom I haven't bored to death with talking about the trip, the itinerary is roughly as follows:

1. Australia
2. New Zealand
3. Indonesia
4. Singapore
5. Malaysia
6. Thailand
7. Cambodia
8. Vietnam
9. Hong Kong
10. China
11. Japan

We're trying to fit all of that into 6 months, at which time we'll be moving out here to LA. The trip isn't planned in much detail beyond New Zealand; we'll play it by ear starting then. I know we won't have nearly enough time in some (many) of the countries we'll be visiting, but we're hoping to at least get a pretty good introduction to all of them.

I don't know how often we'll be blogging, but I'm aiming for at least once a week. We'll see how that turns out!