So close and yet so far...

Sometimes I feel so far away from travelling.

I wonder sometimes when things are going shit, if it will happen at all.
Work is so shit at the moment, people are going like rats leaving a sinking ship, my boss made a snide comment when I had a day off that I'm probably looking for a new job too (how funny! Little does she know!)
There is no point in finding a new job for only a few months, but sometimes I wonder if I can hold out in this job....

I was speaking to someone yesterday who told me to just go for it, book the tickets and set yourself a deadline, fuck it if you havent saved our target amount.
otherwise we'll just pushing it further back, and back and back.
He's right of course, because what we first talked about doing in September/October is turning into more like December/ January.

I think I might just take his advice and buy the plane tickets! eek.

Air Asia Routes

Looking at possible flights to travel between countries,
Air Asia always gets loads of backpackers recommending it for cheap flights.
But actually I was frustrated that they didn't have what I need and have pretty limited flight routes, everything goes through KL and Bangkok

I was looking for a Japan (possibly Kansai airport) to Shanghai, China flight as a possible way to cut down transit cost (the boat is about £200)
And a Vientiane, Laos to Bangkok flight to get around the visa issues of coming into Thailand overland.

money and dates..

I put a big chunk of money in my travel savings account yesterday.
It was such a good feeling, like the ball is really rolling y'know?

So, Im still worried about money, but at least I feel like im doing something about it.
Im trying to not spend money on stupid things, and Ive been bring packed lunches to work and stuff (although on a hot sunny day like today, im gutted I only brought in tinned soup!)

Ive been thinking about dates, and wondering if its really all that bad if we dont leave till a few months later than planned, cos' at least that gives us some time to save up more.
And I dont really want to rely on asking my parents to help us out.
Th eonly thing is im not sure I could stand any extra time at my job, Im so bored and pissed off here, and I dont think I could cope with organising another Christmas in this company :(

My aim was always to be gone before Christmas, but that only leaves us 6 (ish) months to save and organise everything.
Which may seem like a lot of time, but saving the amount of money we need for a year is not easy.

I heart Streetview!

Hong Kong now has streetview!....
I am stupidly excited about this!

I love lists

Im freaking out about how little time we have to do all the stuff we need if we are going to go travelling before Christmas.

So this is my list of priorities...
1. Save money
2. JW's British citizenship
3. Chinese visa (and any others that we'll need to apply for before we go)
4. JW's driving licence and International licence
5. Figure out routes and book flights
6. Get healthier (for all that trekking!)
7. Buy gear (backpack, cold weather clothes etc)
8. Sort out money (how we will draw our money? what account we need etc)
9. Health stuff (Do a doctors and denist trip before we go)
10. Any injections/ malaria tablets etc that we might need.