So, to properly start at the beginning, Goin' Toco is a motorcycle trip from Toronto, Canada to Toco, Trinidad. The trip's scheduled to begin in September or October 2010, and should last between 3 and 6 months.
Right now it looks as though I'll be traveling alone. I may get some company down in Central America, if Daunette can fly down for a down and ride with me through Belize or Costa Rica.
Other riders are more than welcome! :)
Most people ask me "why and I doing this?"
Several years ago I launched a small initiative to teach middle-school students how to build web sites. The Power Project was meant to be a traveling workshop, run in 100 schools from Toronto to Belize City.
Well the project had a successful pilot in Unionville, Ontario and received a lot of positive feedback and support from many folks. But then .... my attention shifted/fizzled/died and nothing's actually happened since 2007.
This current trip has grown out of that.
But can you spot the major difference? I've left the entire Teach-the-Children portion out of it!
Trust me, I'm struggling with that right now. Without any sort of altruistic project attached to my travels .... then what do I really have other than a self-indulgent journey?
Is there enough value in simply doing the trip --- for the sake of doing the trip?
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