Emotions

I think that when I go to China I had better stay out of the cinema's, considering now that the last few times I have watched decent Chinese films like Hero, House of Flying Daggers or Fearless I end up just a mess of damp tissues and all bleary eyed.

 

There is somethign about the music, the passion, the devotion, the honorability and the dignity that western films just cant match.

First sign of nerves

Today at work, while I was doing a forward projecting cash flow forecast for the next 12 weeks I was suddenly overcome with a feeling of apprehension, as for the first time I realized how close my trip now is.

Although my trip isn't for another 19 weeks away, for the briefest of moments I had to check the calendar and it occurred to me that as this particular forecast was only done once a month that I would only have one more of them where I was actually still there for the entire projection.

As I do not normally feel nervous about going on trips anymore, I am taking this as another sign of good luck, as it means another part of my body / brain is catching on to this becoming real and no longer just a dream or flight of fancy.

Almost on Budget

So far, so good.

 

I always knew that with South America being so far away from Europe and also being so spread out and lacking in an extensive rail network that travelling to and from South America was going to be neither fast or extremely cheap.

 

However, I feel very pleased with myself that considering I have already purchased all of the flights to take me to the edge of the USA on the brink of crossing the pacific that I have more than broke the back of the advanced travelling costs, and not at a cost running into the thousands of pounds either.

 

Being a bit frugal, and knowing that I hate empty hotel rooms, I have booked the majority of my route thus far in cheap-but-highly-rated-by-other-backpackers dorms, and this in itself has reduced the budget by a lot.

 

All I need now is to get all the way to Singapore without too much more spending, and have a few more friends along the way offer me free accommodation and I will be able to fully knock the idea that travelling has to be expensive totally out the park.

 

If I was able to go back in time and to rename my pet project from the get-go I would call it the 10K challenge, in that I have to have as much and get round all the world for under £10,000.00, a feat some people think is unthinkable considering that I am going for 8 months, but the more I reflect and cost cut the more I think it is actually achievable.