Starting to feel more real now!!
January 15th, 2007 -- Posted in Canada | 3 Comments »Our big journey is just around the corner. Chris has resigned, and I will hopefully do the same in the next week. Chris just pulled out our backpacks and we are going to do a test pack to see what fits and what stays home. I think that Chris would likely do fine with a fanny pack, but we are both carrying large (55-70L) packs regardless.
A lot has to happen in the next month or so. As I write this, Chris is doing some more research on visas. We’ve also been researching the credit card type of Visa this weekend. My card is conveniently set to expire mid trip… we’ll be somewhere in India when the date hits, and that means trouble. Crazy that a TRAVEL Visa will not make an allowance for travelers with a card set to expire mid trip. The wise people at CIBC have told me that I can not arrange for a replacement until 2 months prior to expiry. Good luck getting a courier to deliver my new credit card somewhere in Northern India. NOT so convenient at all. I’ll show them… two months after paying my $125 for the privilege of using the damn card, I’m going to cancel it. I feel so used.
We’ll be getting the remainder of our jabs this week… will be good to have that done. Pricey little injections are costing us a lot of dough. Better safe than sorry I suppose.
We’ve decided on our storage solution and will be going with a company called PODS. I like the name. As long as Hugo (our building manager) doesn’t have a coronary with them putting the container in front of the building, we should be fine. What a cool idea - mobile storage - handy and less expensive than hauling it ourselves into storage. Sweet.
Condo is still up in the air and causing me some stress. Lucky for me, Chris is a patient guy. Still no word on possession date, however I’m feeling positive that it will be in Feb. This may push our trip by a week or three, but we’ll deal with it. Sooner than later we will have a bag each to our names, and be doing just fine. If we are a few weeks without our TV or blender, I’m sure we’ll make do.
Still working on the itinerary. It has been pretty static for a while now, but the possible delay may change things a bit. We are also looking into the possibility of starting our RTW (round the world) tickets from the UK — could be a saver of money as well as allow us to extend the trip at the end if we want to… who knows.
Thought I would add some content and let people know what is happening.
Paula