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IM DONE. Finally got my BComm after 4 1/2 years of uni.   I plan to do nothing productive in the next four months except travel.  This break is a gift from me to me;  a chance for me to live my life before being a slave to an accounting firm.

I have set up this blog to keep in touch with my family, friends and anyone else interested in reading about my trip. I find this will be the easiest way to share my experiences, pictures, and random thoughts. If I get some life threatening disease, you will be the first to know, if my parents con me into getting married, you will be the first to know. I will post EVERYTHING on this blog so try to check it out.

Below is my itinerary as of now.

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Dec 20 – Jan 7.

Karachi and Lahore, Pakistan: Jan 7 – Jan 31

India: Feb 1 – Feb 16

Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Feb 16 – Feb 18 

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Feb 19 – Feb 24

London, England: Feb 25 – March 5  

Dublin, Ireland: Somtimes between Feb 25 – March 5

Toronto, Canada: March 5 – March 18 

Halifax, Canada: Sometime between March 5-18

New York, USA: March 18 – March 26 

Bloomington, Indiana, USA: March 26 – March 29

Austin-Dallas-Houston, Texas: March 29 – April 5 

San Francisco: April 5 – April 9

Edmonton – April 9 – 11 

Barbados – April 11 – April 17

If you will be in one of these places above at the same time, let me know and we can definitely meet up.  

This blog is pretty easy to navigate so I shouldn’t have trouble updating it.   At the top of every page is a “add a comment” button.  When clicked a comment box will appear at the bottom of each posting. This is probably the best way to contact me (other than email).   When leaving a comment don’t forget to leave your name so I can know who to respond to.   

I will be categorizing my blogs by city.  If you want to see all postings from a certain city go to the category section on the right.  All postings will be in the home tab.     

 One more thing to point out.  Since the website provides limited webspace I will only post some pictures on this website.  The rest will either be on my Facebook Albums or on my yahoo photos site.   The link for “My Photos – Yahoo” is on the right under Blogroll.

I hope everyone the best and I hope you guys all keep in touch.   

Hotep,

Fahad Shaikh

Comments»

1. adam - December 24, 2006

fahad,

its adam from eas 293, i look forward to checking this out as your trip progresses. very exciting itinerary i see. have fun!

2. Jake - December 28, 2006

Glad to see you are coming to Halifax so we can get the geo trio back together.

3. Huda Jangda - December 28, 2006

Barbados??!! i officially hate u shaiky

Say hi to T dot..miss it like mad

will see u in khi inshallah..IF i can take time out of my hectic schedule to meet a no name like YOU, muhahaha

hajj mubarak in advance!

4. Matt Proudfoot - December 29, 2006

Have a good trip Fahad

I’ll be back in Canada freezing and being broke

Payce,

Pfoot

5. fahadshaikh - January 4, 2007

Jake, the Geo Trio will resume operations when I get there. ie late Tim Horton runs, last minute plans, and 2 hrs of sleep a night.

6. fahadshaikh - January 4, 2007

Huda, Im coming to Karachi on the 7th, i will be calling you so I expect some effort on your part. I met up with Adil and he said he wanted to meet up with you too, so it can be a mini SAISR reunion.

7. fahadshaikh - January 4, 2007

Proudfoot, you are not alone, ill be broke after this trip as well. Congrats on the house too buddy, your all grown up now.

8. Arsala - January 12, 2007

hi fahad this is not fair u didn’t mention Chicago in ur list :(.

9. Fahad Shaikh - January 15, 2007

Arsala Bagee, I might replace Indianapolis with Chicago.

10. Erum - January 15, 2007

Fahad,

First off, wicked picture. I’m glad you didn’t do the tourist thing and stand in the middle of the picture. By the way, don’t come back to Edmonton until after the Snow Patrol concert!

Hajj Mubarak! You’re missing nothing here.

11. Fahad Shaikh - January 18, 2007

Nah i need to get the most out of this trip, so Snow Patrol will be a part of this 4 months. Sorry, and yes i am greedy.

12. Erum - January 22, 2007

you suck

13. Fahad Shaikh - January 24, 2007

Yup.

14. Bradford - February 16, 2007

Fahad, would you hurry up on this Shaker tour and get to Hali!!!!! Have you narrowed down the exact dates yet that you’re coming?!?!?!

15. Ross - March 23, 2007

Fahad, I meant to post something a long time ago…but you know me, i’m too lazy. Either way, sounds like your tour is a blast, i’m jealous. Good luck with “accounting” when you get back.