Good for you! Going solo doesn't mean you'll always be by yourself. You'll undoubtedly meet and have great
interactions with a variety of people as you go. One little word of advise...take lots of pictures with more than
one camera. On two of my longest tours I had camera problems. One was stolen, and another broke inside,
leaving me with only a couple of salvageable pictures for both those trips. Were I to re-wind the clock, I would
have used 2 camera systems and kept them apart.