User:Mike Serfas

From Wikitravel

I'm planning to get out and explore the wide, wide world in the near future. Editing Wikitravel entries allows me to collect notes on potential destinations in a convenient spot, and as a bonus the mistakes I make might just fix themselves! (with a little help from you...)

My notion is to use an extended vacation and savings go some places that are relatively cheap in U.S. dollars (a much reduced list from a few years ago...) and perhaps to stay awhile somewhere. I'm looking for areas free of malaria because the idea of plugging up my cellular excretion mechanisms is nerve-wracking: I know a couple who went to Costa Rica for a week and had a fine time and their ears are still ringing years later from the mefloquine they took... I'm first thinking of Hawaii and/or Fiji, and just maybe even going the whole hog with Australia, Mauritius and a quick crossing of Europe. Of course, the trick is settling on exactly where I want to go, what I can do, and how much flexibility I can retain, without paying a fortune!