Belated First Post

I am also very excited about this trip, I never traveled "around the world" with friends before. It took a lot of efforts and dreams to reach this planning stage. I am glad to be traveling with Jessica, her bubbly personality and genuine enthusiasm will make this trip more fun. I am glad Jessica is thinking about more practical stuffs, like renting a cell phone. As for me, I recently had a perm, I am still not use to it and wishing that this trip would come sooner so that I can go to a Japanese hair salon and get my perm straightened. :-)