My Trip Around the World

From March to July, I will be studying abroad at Keio University in Tokyo, Japan. I'll be living in a dorm, taking intensive Japanese classes and two classes in English on International Relations for my major. Since their semester starts so late, I have been out of school from December to March. During that time, I've been working for a friend from Brown, David Poritz, to help him start a company, called Gaia, that would certify oil fields as being socially and environmentally responsible. David came up with the idea for this company after starting a non-profit in high school to help people in Ecuador who had been affected by oil contamination. So I am spending ten days in Ecuador working on Gaia and learning about the country and oil extraction.
When my semester in Japan ends, I will make my way to Poland, where I will meet up with my family and my grandparents, for a roots trip to explore our family history. Then, we will be going to Israel for a week.
And in between these places, I will be making detours in Peru, Miami, Beijing, Singapore, Budapest, Madrid, and Puerto Rico. I purchased a round-the-world ticket from the Oneworld alliance. Here is my itinerary:
March 10: Boston - Miami - Quito
March 19: Quito - Lima, Peru - Miami
March 21: Miami - San Francisco - Tokyo
March 22-25: Visit Andy Chong in Kyoto
July: Visit Lillian Tang in Beijing
July 30: Osaka - Singapore
August 3: Singapore - London - Warsaw
August 10: Warsaw - Budapest - Tel Aviv
August 20: Tel Aviv - Budapest
August 21: Budapest - Madrid
August 22: Madrid - San Juan
TBA: San Juan - New York - Boston