the EXTREMELY vague plan... (so far...)

Alright, so I literally JUST booked my flight from Edmonton to Rio de Janeiro Brazil for the 6th of October. I still have tons to do before I leave (credit card, insurance, gear, Australian taxes, Canadian taxes, get Mbike "N", clean my basement, return bike, find my passport... etc) but the plan (and if you know me, you know nothing is ever set in stone) is to finish work September 30th, then have a quick brunch with my fam and friends on October 1st before saying my farewells and hitchhiking to Kelowna to spend the night with my friend Becki in her dorm at UBCO. I will then be spending the next few days hitchhiking to Grande Prairie to visit my sister, before hitching back down to Edmonton to visit more family and to finally to catch my flight to Brazil. Rio Gay Pride is on the 9th, so the plan (again... could change) is to connect with a group of couchsurfers before I leave or at the very least, book into a central hostel and meet people to go to pride with there. After Rio, my plan is to get the hell out of (extremely expensive) Brazil and head on to (much more budget friendly) Paraguay! Currently, the plan is to bus out of Rio to the nearest smaller town or village and hitchhike to Paraguay from there stopping wherever I feel like along the way. (Although... I still havent completely scoped out the hitching situation in Brazil, so I still could end up on a bus instead. I'm currently in the process of contacting a young Brazilian girl through couchsurfing that has hitchhiked in Brazil, so hopefully she will be able to give me some advice.) And yeah, thats the plan to date, but who knows, anything could happen and thats whats exciting about travelling!