The thing about packing...

I thought that I only needed my essentials in order to make it a successful journey.

Money belt, tooth brush, silk sheets and motion sickness medicine if anyone wondered.

Then I realise that I'm not close to finished. I keep on forgetting things. Like, oh my god! Have to bring'em socks!

SOCKS!!

And a t-shirt would be nice.

(Hope to wear this when I'm in trouble).

And suddenly, I'm like "Aaaaahhhh"!!

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!!!!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't see this ever wrapping up (literally). A simple rule is to lay out everything you want to bring, and then putting half of it back in the closet. 

... Might as well go naked.

Oh, right.

...

Hey, party people

While most of you are out doing fun stuff, I'm kicking it low this saturday night. Basically, I'm getting serious with this trip; packing, reflecting, unpacking, reflecting, packing, unpacking, contemplating etc. 

Haha, just kidding.

Juuust fooling around as always. Yeah... I have no life now a days. Thanks for the reminder.

I like being in the bathroom because it doesn't look like this:

Or even worse:

I hate packing so intensely. INTENSELY.

I prefer

or even, EVEN

over

Any day.

I managed to book my bus pass, though, so something good Did come out of this nightly escapade. My choice is the Greyhound Australia bus company, as I've heard some great reviews about it. Not to mention that it suits my budget (cheap, cheap, cheap)!

As mentioned earlier, I'll do my travelling along the east coast of Australia. Cairns will be my starting point, and hopefully I'll end up in Melbourne before my flight departures!

I won't stop at every red dot, obviously, but it's nice to have the option.

What you see in the picture is my given route. Where I choose to hop on and off, or stay longer for the matter, will depend on my future current mood. Or my degree of motion sickness at that time.

When I act like all spontaneous and stuff, it's bound for either awesomeness or total disaster. Nothing in between, unfortunately.

Vote

What facial expression should I rely on to get out of trouble?

Face 1

Face 2

Face 3

Face 4

 

This is unfortunately not a part of the voting. It didn't make the cut...

I, myself vote for face 2.

Challenge Accepted!

BAM!

 .....

I bought a backpack.

Yes, backpack.

Isn't it jolly? Ladies and gentlemen, let me present my newly purchased item; The Osprey backpack Farpoint 70. It contains a total of 67 litres, with an integrated small backpack for daily outings. The main backpack is just over 50 l. It totally hugs my hips like there was no tomorrow. I bought this at "Nomaden", a shop I would recommend every future traveller to stop by. They really know their stuff here, and the atmosphere is adventurous and dreamy. You really get inspired to travel all over the world after being there!


 

I'm really pushing myself with this backpack-travelling. What the hell? Travelling light? Me?

Hmmm...

Yeah.

Many thoughts...

Welcome to my blog! By reading this, you can catch up on my nonsense as I make my way through the east coast of Australia. This will be the main tale, though not the whole story. I'll be two weeks in Vietnam to visit family before heading to the land down under, and on my way home, I'll pay a visit to Kuala Lumpur. In other words, two months have become more close to three than two. This is what happens when you order plane tickets in the middle of the night with less attentiveness.

Basically, this is how it's going down:

Vietnam --> Australia --> Kuala Lumpur --> Short stop in London --> Home

.... It looks as if I'll be doing quite some writing before travelling, because this bitch be crazy if she doesn't find a way to let out her expectations and anxiousness.

Even though it's over a month before I head on my own, I'm feeling kind of stressed out about the whole thing. It really is my first time ever doing something so independent, and truthfully, I feel kind of incapable at this point. I'm already now sensing how different it is to embark on a journey by myself, and I haven't even gotten on a plane yet. Right now, I'd rather curl up on the couch and watch TV for two months. Nevertheless, I'm taking the high road (which is ironically travelling to Australia, wtf, that's just awesome).

This is probably going to be my most spontanious trip yet. Still I haven't done nearly as much thinking and planning prior to other departures as I have with this one. It might have something to do with the fact that it will be my first time travelling alone... I'm used to sharing the responsibility with others, which is something I find comforting. Now, I'm relying on no one else but myself. I find that oddly irresponsible of me. I can't even take care of a cactus. But I know kung fu, so it has to work out in the end, right? I can kick everyone's ass, right??

Right...

Honestly, I don't even know why I'm doing this. Or what I'm doing for that matter.