The Day Before...

So - it's finally here! How very bizarre.

Tomorrow afternoon Tymon & I will will be heading off to Heathrow to catch our first flight to Cape Town & begin the 10 month world tour! God it seems a million years ago that we first sat down & started planning all this & now after talking about it for months the day has finally, almost arrived.

Mostly it's been an absolute pleasure organizing this trip - my PA skills have kicked in I'd like to say that I'm pretty damn proud of myself. I never imagined there would be so much paper work involved. What with signing out of The Netherlands, getting all our vaccinations, sorting out travel insurance, visas, hostels, car hire blah blah - it's been a hectic few weeks leading up to departure day. Especially as my passport is currently at the Indonesian Embassy & will be collected a few hours before our flight leaves as well as the last minute stress of Tymon not actually having any national health insurance for The Netherlands, so he's had to do a last minute ring round & pay out for that and my back pack needing an emergency fix at the dry cleaners...but now, I think we're there.

All that is left to do is pack!

Now Tymon is sorted - he's a guy, & I have been really determined to pack light! However, yesterday during my first trial pack...well, it's a lot harder to be strong when I have my clothes in my hands!! 10 months!! Not a few weeks away but I need clothes for 10 months!! I've managed to narrow it down to 3 skirts, 2 dresses, 5 trousers, 2 shorts, 2 bikinis (more will be bought on the way!!) 6 t-shirts, 15 pairs of knickers & 5 pairs of socks. And I think that's pretty good going!! But I'm still quite full so need to have another culling session methinks! :0( Wish me luck.

I said goodbye to my dad last night as he went back to Aberdeen this morning & that was really sad. Although my parents say they're going to come to Indonesia possibly for Christmas so that would be FANTASTIC! And we all know how close Xmas already is - decorations already up in the shops so it must be Xmas!

Anyway, I have to go & cull & complete trial pack number 2.

The first video will be launched tomorrow evening so keep an eye out, subscribe to the channel & check on this blog for the links to our photos as & when they are posted.

Till Cape Town....