How do you eat an elephant?
One bite at a time.
Right now, it seems our bites are getting bigger and we might be in danger of suffering from indigestion if we don’t slow down đ
Here are the trip preparations we have made in just the last three days:
booked: accommodation for the part of the trip with friends (four different hostels/guesthouses)
found: Phnom Penh to Bangkok flights for friends (three different options)
enquired: whether said friends are allowed to carry our passports back to NZ
(now need to ask Thai and Cambodian embassies what their legal requirements are)
jabbed: final rabies vaccinations for most of us, plus some typhoid and polio
knit: three neck warmers
sewed: last pair of pants
sent: details to uncle in Malaysia who is purchasing international train tickets for us and details for guest houses that don’t have internet booking so friendly uncle can ring them
rearranged: Malaysian “itinerary” (our plans are really too loose for this word to hold much meaning)
discovered: one guesthouse we were trying (thankfully unsuccessfully) to book into is next door to a disco that is loud until 4am and that the “dormitory” in this place is just five beds on an open landing….we’re looking for somewhere else
received: a wonderful gift box of things to keep the children busy (cards and activity books and journals and stickers etc) from surrogate grandparents
learnt: card game to while away the time (this game will always be remembered as the one taught to us by those same “grandparents” – we’ll think of you whenever we play)
brainwaved: that the friends who are meeting us in Thailand might be able to bring a backpack of our winter gear that we will not need any earlier
signed up: with travelfish…seems you have to sign up to so many different sites to get access to information
discussed: with Ponheary the possibility of sponsoring an outing for some school children
read: half a dozen chapters out loud of Angel on the Square by Goloria Whelan (highly recommended)
emailed: a friend’s brother in Germany, who might be able to help us purchase campervans in the (northern hemisphere) spring
blogged: just
Tags: preparation
hope you get everything done done
not long to go
excited???