Survivor RTW 2007 Planning: Round 1

So after a lot of playing around with Google Calendar, Star Alliance Mileage Calculator and other destination research, I've been able to pare down certain destinations and get more concrete dates (updated in my RTW travel map and itinerary).

I've decided that I won't visit Morocco this time due to the detour of going from Morocco to East Africa and it's similarity to Europe and other destinations I've been to so I'll postpone that to a future trip. Other regions and destination that I've decided to concentrate on a future trip are certain regions in South East Asia and South America. Due to my time constraint, I can only spend so much time in each regions. I've decided that I'll try to save up my vacations as much as possible so that before I transition between jobs, careers, stages in life, I can take a big vacation or a leave of absence and travel a region of the world for 3-12 months. As a result, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brazil, Austria, Romania, Hungary will all be pushed to a later trip.

I'll be meeting with some travel agents from Travel CUTS soon to determine the prices and feasibility of my route as well as booking my Machu Picchu hike. I've also got my GMAT test to prepare for (May 17) and figuring out finances. However, I'm really looking forward to visiting MEC and looking for the backpack that'll accompany my Round The World trip!

• My friend's bachelor party in: 8 days
  
• My friend's wedding in: 16 days
  
• My convocation in: 21 days
  
• Leaving for 4 months of RTW backpacking in: 23 days