Christmas is over and I have received lots of presents for my travels, including a huge rucksack *this big*, a million different travel bits including a survival kit from my brother, Mark, and an SAS survival book from Simone (hopefully wont be needing them). Cory got me an awesome little leather book to put all my little ticket stubs and memories in (really nice thought - cheers!). Also got a spork (spoon/fork/knife all-in-one), inflatable pillow, clever little soap slices, poncho, an amazing quick-dry towel and even a travel Su Doku (thanks Andrew). There is probably some bits I forgot. 11 days of paid work remaining and then I'm off on the 17th January 2007 for about 6 1/2 months. My travel chum, Andrew, seems to be a seasoned traveller since exploring China this summer, but this
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