Leave Approved

As I went about on my last minute chores today, it was an unusually fine autumn day in Melbourne with a startlingly blue sky and a pleasantly mild temperature. It is strange to think that everything will be the same here tomorrow – the same traffic, the same early morning trucks, the same TV shows, the same trams, the same people going about their business – only we would have left to go on our adventure in Nepal and our little apartment will lie empty for the next two and a half months. The annoying thing about going on short to medium trips is that the bills keep rolling in even if you’re not in the country – Yes, unbelievably it’s not possible to suspend even your internet connection even if you’re not going to be downloading nary a byte!

We are all packed and surprisingly well prepared for this trip – Our last trip was planned at the last minute, and we didn’t book anything before we went – No accomodation, no trek, nothing! This time we are being picked up at the airport by our trekking company and will be taken to the “Hotel Tradition” to soak up our last bit of relative “luxury” with an ensuite bathroom, before our foray into the mountains. But before this, we have four days of an eating extravaganza in Malaysia.

Watch this space for an update!

We are officially booked to go on our big trip – I can’t believe it!
We leave in just under two months, on Good Friday 6th of April, and return on 14th June.
It still doesn’t feel very real as there is a lot to get done before we leave. I have an acupuncture exam to pass, and two assignments to complete! There are a multitude of preparations to get through before we leave – we have started our vaccination schedule, there are bills to pay, finances to sort out, and in the midst of all this we are trying to increase our share portfolio (to fund more trips in the future…!)
But most exciting of all, this Saturday we go on the first of our many trips this year – a long awaited two week trip to Japan for some R&R and snowboarding.