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bebootsDay: negative one
So I leave tomorrow evening! It's starting to feel "real", you know? The trip, I mean. I am going to say nothing regarding the volcano and certain assurances I have received about its possible dormancy/ash levels, for fear of jinxing it. The excitement is beginning to overwhelm the anxiousness now! Very promising.
Yesterday, I packed most of my backpack. I am amused that it looks more and more like a turtle shell every day. (It's green, shell-shaped, and will contain my "home"/all my worldly possessions for the next month.) I have made certain to leave some space for souvenirs and others things I picked up along the way.
I also tested out this neat travel-pack-locking-device. It looks like a hybrid mix of a coil bike lock and a fishing net made of metal. Essentially, you pull the mesh overtop of one's backpack, tie it up, and secure it with a padlock. Like a normal bikelock, won't stop a determined person from stealing your stuff, but it should discourage casual thieves who would just open the zipper or slit the sides of your bag. So I feel a bit reassured. I've had to leave my backpack in the foyers of hostels and hotels before, in a "guarded and locked room", while waiting until the check-in time, and it's not that I don't trust most of these hotel staff... but they're fallable, you know? Also, this mesh lock thing was a gift from my father, so I'd best use it, aye?
So as of now... I have packed most of my clothing, my camera (and its charger, tripod and memory cards), my toiletries (still in search of a small hairbrush that will actually DO something useful to my hair), socks & undergarments, and other things too numerous to mention. I've uploaded a bunch of podcasts onto my iPod for the flight (it's an overnighter, but I can never sleep sitting up, let alone on planes).
I know exactly where my towel is.
I should be good to go.
So I leave tomorrow evening! It's starting to feel "real", you know? The trip, I mean. I am going to say nothing regarding the volcano and certain assurances I have received about its possible dormancy/ash levels, for fear of jinxing it. The excitement is beginning to overwhelm the anxiousness now! Very promising.
Yesterday, I packed most of my backpack. I am amused that it looks more and more like a turtle shell every day. (It's green, shell-shaped, and will contain my "home"/all my worldly possessions for the next month.) I have made certain to leave some space for souvenirs and others things I picked up along the way.
I also tested out this neat travel-pack-locking-device. It looks like a hybrid mix of a coil bike lock and a fishing net made of metal. Essentially, you pull the mesh overtop of one's backpack, tie it up, and secure it with a padlock. Like a normal bikelock, won't stop a determined person from stealing your stuff, but it should discourage casual thieves who would just open the zipper or slit the sides of your bag. So I feel a bit reassured. I've had to leave my backpack in the foyers of hostels and hotels before, in a "guarded and locked room", while waiting until the check-in time, and it's not that I don't trust most of these hotel staff... but they're fallable, you know? Also, this mesh lock thing was a gift from my father, so I'd best use it, aye?
So as of now... I have packed most of my clothing, my camera (and its charger, tripod and memory cards), my toiletries (still in search of a small hairbrush that will actually DO something useful to my hair), socks & undergarments, and other things too numerous to mention. I've uploaded a bunch of podcasts onto my iPod for the flight (it's an overnighter, but I can never sleep sitting up, let alone on planes).
I know exactly where my towel is.
I should be good to go.
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Date: 2010-05-26 04:18 am (UTC)