My first blog ever...

So many things are happening for the first time, so why not write a blog?

In 9 days from today I will go to the airport with a big backpack, board the flight to Hong Kong, and start my big backpacking experience!

I’ve been playing with the idea ever since I got single again, but it scared me quite a lot to travel for a long time, on my own. After all, I am not the average backpacker age, I didn’t sleep in hostels since I was 18 (unless we consider the officers course in the army, where we were 14 girls in a room. But that was also many years ago :-), and what about wearing the same 2-3 pants and shirts for 6 months??? Is that ME?
But the world kept calling me. And I decided to listen.

The first surprise came only 5 days after I decided to go: My friend Shiri decided to join me for the first 3 weeks. People told me that eventually you don’t travel alone, and the first partner is already here!

Surprise #2: it’s a lot of work to pack your life at home… Find a new renter for the apartment, stop the cable TV, the Internet, phone, etc etc etc, pack my stuff, get a mover, store everything. And then going for a long trip without deciding where also means vaccinations, equipment, etc etc etc…

But I have no complaints. 9 days to go! And then:

3 days in Hong Kong, to celebrate the Chinese New Year
Flight to Sydney and then Christchurch, New Zealand!

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