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It doesn’t quite feel real but Kate and I are sitting here in the Qantas Club lounge waiting to be called for the flight to Mumbai.

We’ve spent the day packing and completed a “trial pack”. Here’s the complete list of what we’re packing.

It’s one of those great packing dilemmas - whether or not to take a tripod for your camera.

Advantages of a short haircut include no need to pack a hairbrush or even a comb, no need to give difficult instructions to foreign barbers, and

debating the number of pairs of underpants that we should each take travelling. Personally, I am happiest with a bare minimum - wash one, wear one. For the record, Kate is taking

It’s not just a matter of “what to pack” but also “what to do” before you take off for a long overseas trip.

Day -17: We’ve placed our faith in the Australian postal system by sending our passports through the post (registered mail) to the Embassy of the Syrian Arab Republic in Canberra for processing. Syria is only one of two countries on our itinerary that we can’t get a visa for at the border (if we need […]

Day -34: By now, planning for the trip is well underway. In fact, we’ve been planning for the trip in some shape or form since, in a flash of inspiration, we starting saving up for it more than four years ago.
After listing all the places that we wanted to visit, we needed to cut it […]