Essential Preparations

So we leave in 11 days. Preparations are faltering to say the least.

Our initially crafty (or eventually pathetic) failure to 'forcefully borrow' a friend's ukelele for the trip, Martin's refusal to account for my laziness and take complete control of organising Australian flights, and the mounting costs of essential travelling gear - skinny red jeans, harmonica, Airplane dvd etc. - have thrown the whole journey into doubt.

Ok, slight exaggeration perhaps, but it was the only way i could attempt to justify writing this first blog before we have even snuck through Heathrow with my infamously nicknamed 'fat lesbian' 5-year-old passport photo and Martin's dubious citizenship credentials.

If we do make it to Bangkok, we'll be sure to reward the half-dozen people who'll claim to have read this with a more interesting update. Promise.

Alex