I think it's thirteen weeks before we leave for the south west of the United States. Travel insurance has been arranged and paid for. As have air fares. We have a car and booked some accommodation. Even got our claytons visa, the document you have to have when you don't need a visa. $14 US ($13.26 AU) times two tax collected by the US government. A requirement of Homeland Security. How it makes the US more secure is not clear. We just provided information that's all ready on our passports! Are we paying to get the US out of recession? Just as well we're not going to Europe. We have yet to arrange our international drivers licences and debit cards.
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