Adventures of Dean and Sophie

Everything major has been meticulously positioned in the bag. Not only does it all fit, it also weighs in on the bathroom scales under the limit at 20kg. Its not a load that I am looking forward to hauling up mountains, but I decided I’ll burn that bridge when I come to it.

The luggage includes, in order of importance, Tachihara field camera,  several boxes of 4×5 and 120 film, a very large and beefy tripod, tent, sleeping bag, a few toiletries and clothes. Also with me in hand luggage is my Yashica 124g, a little IXUS, and my new Netbook, which, according to Samsung is going to allow me to experience digital freedom.

Its only a few hours before we leave and I finally have my bag out, surrounded by a seemingly impossibly large collection of things that I want to take with me. In particular, the various boxes of film that I have been gathering over the last couple of months are out of the fridge and piled up in a stack that dwarfs the few items of clothing that I’ve set out. A few cutback may be in order.

Only one day to go! Most of the major things are taken care of. That is, all the ones that we could think of.

All that remains is to try and cram all of our assorted goodies into our bags. I haven’t tried yet, so I am really, really hoping that it will all fit. Of course there are also all of the non-vital tasks like choosing what music will get to come along with us, what photos and how much of wikipedia I can download to read on the plane. It is these tasks that seem to take up all the time.

Welcome to my blog.

My lovely girlfriend Sophie and I are about to set of around the world on half a years worth of exciting adventure. We will be starting at my home in Zimbabwe and surrounds and moving on to South America, North America, New Zealand and finally back to sunny Brisbane.

I will be documenting our travels here as we go. Or maybe I’ll get over this communication thing and this blog will fall by the wayside. Nonetheless, my Moleskine and papermate are ready to take notes. Time will tell how long my enthusiasm lasts…

The ugly blue header will be changing too.