constanttrek

How am I supposed to carry this thing?

July 27th, 2004

We have a pile of “essentials”, a pile of “maybes”, and an enormous pile which constitutes wishful thinking. I am actually starting to wonder if it should all come under the heading of wishful thinking – the document case which holds the maps from here to Paris alone weighs a ton. We haven’t put the tent, stove, or first aid kits in yet, and the packs already feel like they need their own trolley. I realise that books come under the heading of luxury, but there are some that we decided were essential, like the first aid book and the rather crucial “how to navigate” book. Crucial for us, as we have no idea. Great way to contemplate crossing the Sahara by camel. Ah, I’m sure we’ll work it out…
Every man and his dog wants to catch up this week for dinner. Obviously any excuse to get out of cooking for ourselves is good, but we are getting nowhere fast with the whole room clean out operation, and as for sorting the paperwork out – well, let’s just say it’s a good thing this is the last lot we’ll be doing for a while. The other idea was that we would have a healthy, clean living kind of a week to prepare ourselves for the rather physical task ahead. Dinner out every night and copious amounts of wine and nicotine haven’t really helped that little scenario – but hey, I figure that with our budget, this will be the last of either I’ll be seeing for a while, so may as well make the most of it huh?
Tonight is another in the long line of boozy dinners – thankyou Sarah and James – so I had better go and dress in my lone outfit which doesn’t consist of hiking boots. I have to say goodbye even to it by Friday. I still can’t wrap my head around it all. Where is that wine bottle?

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