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Still packing….

Thursday, May 17th, 2007

I haven’t been doing too badly since I last blogged. I’ve been onto the good people of Chile and Brazil about visa stuff, got my Australian visa, bought inadequate insurance, got to Module 2 on my TEFL course (it’s gonna be a long road to module 10), bought some traveling clothes, got my last shot, did some banking, wrote an essay and sat an exam. Still haven’t booked accommodation in Brazil or perfected my Spanish but I’m almost ready for take off.
One thing I should probably deal with before I leave is my crazy phobia of airports. I had all my worst traveling experiences in airports. I once had to sleep on a bench in Heathrow because after an hour of hanging out on the runway we were told there was something missing in the engine. Just a few hours before that I was asked to carry my laptop in a plastic bag because my carry on which was fine for the last 7 flights was suddenly too big. As mentioned in my previous blog I found myself booked in for the wrong month in Paris, and somebody took my luggage. Perhaps the most traumatic experience was explaining to an Indian airport official what a tampon was.
Now with the added burden of one-way tickets I don’t know how I’ll cope.
Better get back to the degree….

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So much to do…

Sunday, May 6th, 2007

…and so little time. I’m leaving on my wild adventure in 37 days. I still have to book accommodation in Brazil, open two new bank accounts, get money for those accounts, get a couple of injections, finish my TEFL course (and my degree course), get an Australian Working Holiday Visa, get travel insurance, make sure the Brazilians are cool with me arriving on a one way ticket, make sure the Peruvians are ok with that too, get a Chilean visa, learn Spanish and then do a lot of shopping for general travel items (I really want a waterproof waist pouch).
I still don’t know quite where I’m going after Peru. I blame my mother for not telling me when she’s visiting, as I have to be in Peru when she arrives. At the moment it’s looking like Peru until September, then Ecuador in October, Bolivia in November, Argentina in December and Chile in January. I know I’m going to kick myself later for only spending two days in Brazil, but I think being a lone female traveller is enough craziness without going somewhere I don’t speak the language.
Nerves are starting to kick in. Especially after my French adventure in March. Someone took my luggage and left me hers in the airport, which would have been fine if she’d been over 5 foot. And then on the way home I found I was booked in for a month later than I thought and had to spend €250 on a new ticket. I then proceeded to go mildly insane thinking I was going to miss my flight after paying that stupid amount.
So…..guess I should get onto things so. I am at the moment a little preoccupied with an essay on Cultural Imperialism, after that I’ll get straight on it…….I swear!

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