I didn’t get that coming-of-age summer backpack trip after college, and to this day I regret it.  It’s not like I didn’t have the time – It took me nine months to find my first full-time job.  Nor the will – I have always had the travelling bug.  The problem was I lacked a travelling companion.  Maybe that’s because my sights were set on South America.  I envisioned starting in Ecuador and…