TREK - A Travel Blog by Austin Mann » USA

In transit!

Austin — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:09:38 +0000

Here’s a few shots taken in transit. Check them out on the Maps page to see them with their location on the map. All of these are shot with the Leica D-LUX3. Out of battery gotta go! All is well. More updates soon.

Delayed!

Austin — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:40:02 +0000

Well, we didn’t go to bed last night because we spent the whole night packing and getting everything together that we needed. We were actually able to get all of our clothes and stuff into one bag that my Dad and I are sharing, and it’s small enough to carry on. So we’re pretty happy with that.

We arrived at the airport and got all our equipment registered with US Customs and said our good byes and went through security. We started off strong and both got flagged for a “secondary screening.” We got everything searched and got everything through except the Peter Pan Honey Crunchy Peanut Butter…. Bummer.

Anyway — now we are here at our gate of which we were supposed to depart 16 minutes ago (2:16PM) and we are looking at some serious delays because of weather in Chicago… probably won’t leave til after 4!!

Thanks for all your comments, I’ll try to keep this thing as updated as possible

Equipment Video

Austin — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 04:45:05 +0000

Here’s a 22 min video that shares and documents most of the photographic equipment we will be taking on our journey. If you have any questions, just post a comment and I’ll respond ASAP.

This is the first of any videos I have ever done like this so please bear with me! You can see most of what I talk about in the video in list format by looking at the Equipment List page.

Passports Arrived!

Austin — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 20:38:29 +0000

Well… we have been waiting patiently for our India visas to go through and to get our passports back but we had sent them to Houston just before Ike swept through and that ended up delaying them quite a bit because the consulate and our visa service were both out of power and running on generators.

They were dedicated though and were able to get it to us on time, so we are very thankful. They arrived this morning (FedEx Saturday AM delivery) and so now we can stop worrying about that. Thanks for all your prayers hoping it would come on time!

Also, we shot a video last night of a bunch of our equipment and I will be posting it hopefully a little later this afternoon.

TREK

Austin — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 06:33:34 +0000

TREK is a travel blog that I am going to be keeping as my Dad and I travel through 15 countries during the months of October and November.

Soon I will post a calendar that will list my trip itinerary, so you can know what days we are where. A map will posted with our locations as well.

TREK will also serve as an outlet for imagery, both still photographs and video clips as we progress through our trip.