Sail & Rail Wins!

With only 18 hours left on the poll it seems that Sail & Rail is gonna be a clear winner so we're now booked onto the Stenaline ferry on May 22nd. It'll take us about 9 hours to get to London but it's worth it to be able to say we've done Wexford/Dublin to Syndey with the minimum of air travel.

My work countdown has stalled because I'm working on Sunday which I hadn't counted in so I'm still on 17 days :( But the real countdown is ticking away nicely...36 days left til London departure..NICE!!

I've picked out my books for the bus..Down Under by Bill Bryson and Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts. Both are based in countries I'll be visiting on my travels and come highly recommended. I'm still debating whether to bring my guidebooks along..or be so organised that I scan all the pages in and bring the scans on my netbook. Reckon once we get to Oz and NZ I'll need them but they're awful heavy to be carrying around. The pile of stuff for my rucksack worries me...there's no way that it's all gonna fit in that one bag!

Four visas down now with only one left to get...how exciting :)

Loonie came to the big smoke yesterday to start on her Visas...hilarity ensued when she arrived at the Indian Embassy 15 minutes after it stopped taking applications for the day. She got a cab to the Pakistan Embassy..and her tale from that journey is hilarious..now to get her to share her day with you :)