And this one starts in good old Basingstoke...two days to go till I fly out to Fiji, so I decided to get started with writing this thing. Feels wierd. This is the first time I do something like this (write stuff that's going to go up on the web for anyone to read). Obviously there not much to say apart from I think the excitement is starting to manifest itself as a vaguely nauseous feeling in my stomach. But I still don't think I've fully captured that I am going out there for 6 months (maybe more!). I get the feeling I am treating this like yet another short work trip - I haven't packed yet and I'm not planning to take much more than essential clothes and shoes, my laptop and a good book for
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