here we go again

on august 12, jetblue announced they were having an all-you-can-jet (AYCJ) pass: $599 for all-you-could tolerate in a plane from 9/8/09 - 10/8/09 (what i refer to as "31 glorious days").  the sale was going to go on until august 21 or they until they decided to cancel due to public stampede.

i first heard about it from my pal, cap'n happy, on august 13.  i bought my pass the same day -- an accomplice of mine bought one the next morning.  on august 18, jetblue quit selling the pass.

before i started up the archipelago a few years ago, i had never kept a journal, with one big exception: ever since living in london i've always tried to keep a physical journal on major trips.  i've had some big successes with keeping track of my travel -- the biggest probably being my trip through russia.  but, it doesn't always work when the travel gets to the point where the journal part is too difficult to do -- my 2,000 miles across morocco is a good example of that, so was my 5,000 miles across canada.

because of this pass i'm going to start an independent travel journal here.  the initial focus will be on AYCJ, but will include occasional comments from me about travel in general.  i'll be bringing it in-and-out of dormancy as i make my way through the world.

as any of my longer-term readers know, i'm not a facebook-twitter-your-every-movement kind-of-guy.  but here will be a little different.  when i'm on the road i'll be posting far more of my day-to-day activity.

as always, comments are welcome, but certainly not necessary.  please don't expect a response from me on the site -- if you want comments back, say so in your remarks or fire me an email directly.

just how many damn 'blogs can a person have, anyway?  i guess we're going to find out ...