{"id":914,"date":"2012-04-08T19:26:08","date_gmt":"2012-04-09T02:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jett.in\/?p=914"},"modified":"2012-04-08T19:26:08","modified_gmt":"2012-04-09T02:26:08","slug":"sabbatical-daydreaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/2012\/04\/sabbatical-daydreaming\/","title":{"rendered":"Sabbatical Daydreaming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>so a couple of days ago my boss let slip that there was a high chance i could take a one-to-three month sabbatical this year. naturally, my mind began to wander (always a bad sign, especially if it&#8217;s not a for-sure thing yet) as to what i could do with that time. because i would still have to be available for work, it would make the most sense to be places where i have unlimited <a href=\"businessportals.verizonwireless.com\/international\/GlobalData\/rates_coverage.html\" target=\"_blank\">data roaming on verizon<\/a> (thanks to our business plan;\u00a0click &#8220;View List&#8221; under &#8220;Global Data Options&#8221;), so that limited my choices.<\/p>\n<p>i narrowed it down to three, based on what i could do in 4-5 weeks (thinking i could extend to longer if they let me):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>mostly brazil, with some argentina<\/li>\n<li>mostly thailand, with some hong kong and macau<\/li>\n<li>kazakhstan<\/li>\n<li>the balkans and then some<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>after some thinking about what i wanted, i&#8217;m going with the last option. i would need to have reliable (and relatively speedy) internet in case i needed to do any work, so kazakhstan is out. having done <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/sets\/72157628396462083\/\" target=\"_blank\">japan<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/sets\/72157627335438635\/\" target=\"_blank\">cambodia<\/a> last year, and even though brazil (specifically brasilia) is on my bucket list, i&#8217;ve developed an itch for southeast europe lately. this is partially thanks to <a 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