21: Moving Day
I moved most of my things into storage today.
What a week!
Spent all week packing more of my things (and throwing out an incredible amount of stuff that I have accumulated since I last moved a year ago). Unreal how difficult it is to part from things that I had kept for ages but which – to be honest – are utterly useless 😉 Anyway – I’m getting there I guess. After all the thinning out and throwing away I still had about 30 boxes plus my bed to move. No other furniture luckily since I sold them with my flat :-D.
Got the “Man with a Van” again to help me move. So much better than getting your own van! No need to pickup or return a rental van, no worries about parking tickets and on top of that I also get someone (actually two guys) to help me move my stuff. All that for less than what I would have paid for a rental van – excellent! 😀
What’s left in the flat now is not too much really. Only stuff that I will pretty much need until the end, take with me on my trip or things that I plan to sell on ebay (to top up those travel funds:-)).
Visas:
Got my Passport back yesterday with visas for Thailand and Vietnam and I already had the Australia visa so that’s all I need prior to my trip as far as Visas are concerned.
Vaccinations:
Think I’m thought more than half the shots now. Five or six more injections and that’s it.
Read the side effectes of Doxycycline (my Malaria Pills) and I’m not amused! Sounds like some rather nasty stuff to be honest. Photo Sensitivity amongst other things that I don’t want to mention here.. not good when going to sunny SE Asia *doh*.
Backpack:
How bl**dy difficult can it be??? Hardly any of the local shops have descent medium size backpacks in stock but buying online without trying out the pack is not really to my liking either. Looks like I may need to order a few online and hope I find at least one of the right size which also fits well..
Clothes:
Tried a whole bunch of Sandals and decided to stick with my Teva Wraptors. They are so! incredibly comfortable, I don’t even want to take them off when at home 🙂 They also give very good support and are very suitable for prolonged walking… Blister problems have been reported but I wore them at home for the last two weeks while doing all my packing etc and so far so good. Biggest worry apart from blisters: Apparently Teva Sandals are known to stink after a while but probably most Sandals have that problem since you don’t wear socks. The new Wraptors also claim to use antibacterial materials to avoid the stench ;-). We shall see how they perform..
Saw a nice Wind/Water proof eVENT jacket at akive8 and was going to buy it but some guy snatched it away right in front of me… And that whilst the shop had a 20% discount week *grrrrr*!
Other than that still trying to keep things to a minimum and as light as possible.. (50L pack and max 20kg please!)
Strange feeling knowing that soon I will have nothing but a backpack to live out of.
Tags: Pre-Departure
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