Damn, that really sucks!

Last year I had a big trip planned, but I went so deep into rebuilding the truck I bought for the trip that I couldn't make it. So totally different circumstances, but similar result. I was pushing departure further into the northern autumn / winter. In the end I decided to delay by a year and will be leaving in a couple of months' time to make the trip with more time and a (hopefully!) totally sorted truck.

The key difference perhaps is that my trip is just a couple of months, and it is during leave from a full-time job. It sounds as if you are going on a longer trip though.

I've previously made a 4.5 year long trip, and the start of that was also almost fubared by going to Romania and (surprise surprise) getting robbed. In that instance I had as much time as I wanted, so I just worked things out and carried on with a delay of a month getting some new kit. My plans in Ukraine and Moldova had to be postponed, and I came back to see them over 4 years later, at the very end of the same trip.

So... I would say that if your trip is of a few weeks / months, delay it to next year.

If it is an open ended, multi year trip, just go as soon as you are fit. In this case, I would assume you are heading for the Middle East / Asia, in which case you can just go faster through Europe... it's an easy place to come back to. If it means altering your trip a bit, then do it, that's one of the great joys of being free from commitments. New windows will open. If you've made the decision to cut everything off and hit the road, then don't turn back!

As for your arm, make sure it heals properly, don't let it ruin whatever trip you have planned.

Good luck,

EO

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EurasiaOverland a memoir of one quarter of a million kilometres by road through all of the Former USSR, Western and Southern Asia.