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1) Research
Library- a good place to start. It gave us an idea of which countries we wanted to visit, but we found very little information on driving.
Lonely Planet Books- we splurged and bought one for every country from amazon.com (cheaper). Didn't include much info on driving, but invaluable for locating accomodations, internet cafes, and eateries along the way. Although prices have proved to be about double of what was quoted in the books.
Signed up to online travel forums and talked to other travelers for advice. Most people were very helpful while some were rather negative.
Spent most of our free time coming up with a plan (the fun part).
2) Made To Do List (checklist of everything we needed to do before we left)
3) Bought neccessary camping supplies (tent, sleeping bags, trekking backpacks etc).
4) Ordered engine from Jakelake motors
5) Installed engine, and did various modifications to the vehicle
6) Estimated our trip budget (a list of every expense we might encounter), and came up with an amount we would have to save for the trip
7) Bought a giant wall map to help plan our route
8) Went to travel medical clinic to get all immunizations (Hep B/Typhoid, Tetanus, Yellow Fever).
9) Put saved money in an interest earning account
10) Made colour photo copies of all essential documents (will provide list later).
11) Tested out camping gear
12) Get all neccessary spare parts and maintenance parts for vehicle
13) Arranged for family to keep an eye on finances back home,open mail for us, and pay bills that can't be paid online.
14) Start fitness regimen.
15) Made final doctor's appointment before we left, to make sure we were starting off healthy.
16) Back up all essential computer files to external hard drive to be left at home
17) Learn how to use SLR camera
18) Renewed our passports and driver licenses
19) Obtained International Driving Permit
20) Bought Travel Medical Insurance
21) Removed catalytic converter from exhaust due to unleaded fuel
22) Created travel email address on yahoo.com
23) Started website
24) Gave our notice to our employers
25) Said our goodbyes!
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