Progress

I'm a few steps closer to being ready. Bought some useful kit yesterday - including new boots which will need to be broken in. And had a really useful chat with the nurse at the Nomad travel clinic. Looks like I can get away without any extra vaccinations - having already had all the ones I can get for free on the NHS. And I'm not even going to need any malaria tablets as the areas I'm going to are all low risk. That's a relief; my recollection is that malaria tablets are the most foul-tasting tablets ever.
The India visa is on its way, so only the Thailand one to sort now - and that's free at the moment.
And I've finally started doing some work on my novel - so far just typing up the handwritten notes I'd already made, but at least there is now a file on the net-book called "chapter one".

The countdown has started

It's just over two months until I set off on my round the world trip.
This post is simply to inaugurate the blog.
The next few tasks on my "to do" list include speaking to the Practice Nurse about vaccinations (there seems to be a query over whether I need protection from Japanese Encephalitis!), double-checking about USA visas and immigration rules, and confirming bookings for hostels in Australia where I will arrive in peak holiday season.
Unfortunately setting up the blog wasn't on the priority jobs list for this week, but I'm sure I can find it somewhere on the master list in order to cross it off.