In the beginning

This all started about four years ago, when I was sitting in a class on audiological rehabilitation for my speech pathology degree. One day we had some Australian guest speakers, and they did a slide show where they mentioned that speech therapists between our countries could do exchanges.  I remember thinking, "Well, I'd like to do that."  After I finished my degree, I moved back home with my parents and got a job at a nursing home.  Eventually I got a second job as well, and lived cheaply to save up money. I would never have been able to do this without my parents, needless to say.

One of my aunts gave me the rest of the idea.  When I mentioned I was going to go work in Australia, she said, "Well, of course you must buy a ticket around the world."  She's British, and this is evidently A Thing there. I'd never heard of such a thing.

But then I started researching.

Statement of purpose

Hi, my name is Andy.  I've been saving up for the past few years to travel around the world and will be leaving on my journey next month.  I'll be using this blog to document my adventures.