Up up and away…!

How time flies……. it’s already been 2 weeks since I set this up!

What’s new?

Well, the flights are booked! I did have a deposit down with a company but they really annoyed me and we’re generally slow and incompetent so I’ve asked for a refund. Now my flights are booked with Cathay Pacific via Hong Kong on the 6th April. It’s official. I have a date!

Due to my lovely sister deciding to get married half way through my trip round Oz my flights are coming back in October for 2 to 3 weeks. Somehow I’ll have to find another £800 or so to fly back after, but we’ll sort that…hopefully! I’m taking donations you know .

I’ve been looking at companies who offer to pick you up from the airport, setup tax card, bank account etc for you for a few hundred quid but I’m more leaning towards doing it all myself. Add a bit of a challenge to it. I’ve found some hostels I really like the look of online, I’m in contact with an Aussie bank and a medical and tax card can’t be too hard!

I got the first hand fun of NHS direct recently, decided to give them a call to see if I needed any vaccinations or anything, 20mins later I get told I’ll have a call back the next day. Granted, the lady was lovely and apparently quite jealous of my journey! I got a phone call back confirming that I just need updated tetanus jab and MMR etc but nothing in particular.

Nerves are a bit more apparent now, still quite a few things I need to sort…what am I going to take, what to do about my car, I need to buy a bag etc etc etc. But ahwell! 63 days time I’ll be sunning it up on a beach .

Very skint for this month, VERY! But it’s worth it….

The plan hasn’t changed much from last time…work my way round the country….meet as many people as I can…..bully them in to being my friend and then moving on!

I need to get in contact with somewhere about my leaving do, 48 accepted on FB and quite a few people who aren’t on FB that are coming! EEEP! Hopefully somewhere like the rose will give me the back section for the night?

Anyways, time to love you and leave you. Not really much more to say before I leave but I’m sure I’ll find things to waffle on about

Tom x