Or, rather... (March 27, 2009?)

Having taken out a host of Lonely Planets from the library last night and spent some time skimming (particularly the climate and "when to go" sections), it looks now as if a departure from Halifax post a last St. Patrick's Day is the more feasible and dominant approach. A slightly warmer walk through Spain (to start around Good Friday instead of end?) and maybe Arsenal v. Chelsea, to Samarkand for June 5, then a potentially reckless attempt through the Torugart Pass en route through China, August and September trolling through Southeast Asia, and then October in Rajasthan.

Yeah, sounds good. Let the planning continue, so that the day shall come when dreaming and waking switch places, as they say.