Hear me breathe a long sigh of relief as I finish zipping up the last pocket of my backpack, thus ending a two-day marathon of packing frenzy: I am DONE, and - miracle of miracles - IT ALL FITS (just)!It has been a puzzle figuring out what to cram into my 65-80L pack and small day bag, a challenge which is best summed up by this diabolical equation:Given C, a 27-year-old ...
Read MoreThe White Rabbit's frantic cry is sounding a little too appropriate at the moment, as the clock is ticking away while I am NOT (ticking) nearly enough items off my rather overwhelming to-do list...I'm hoping that writing things down and committing them to this blog will help me focus and actually make some headway (or maybe this is really just one more form of procrastination?!). So here goes a recap ...
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