Solopaddler, That 30 day reference reminded me of the time I spent in S. America. Sometime during the trip I began dreaming in Spanish and by the time I returned to the states I felt revolted by the materialism and "I want it now" attitude. I wanted to get right back on a plane and leave. That trip was a month long too. I was visiting my sister in the peace corp, traveling with other peace corp volunteers, basically dirt bagging it through Columbia and Peru.