Sadly, (well not sadly becuase I love it, just sadly becuase it means not much time off) as I now have what my Dad would call a 'proper job' (some of my friends would argue this point as it still involves buttons and hat wearing) I only have a limited amount of holiday time.
My conversation with my boss went along the lines of:
'How much holiday can I book off in one go?' (me)
'Well most people just book a week, or 10 days, but 2 weeks I suppose' (boss)
'What happens if I accidentally book flights 3 weeks apart?' (me)
'Well....we'll see what happens' (boss)
Well then as it turned out, on the dates we picked to start looking for flights, they were £200 cheaper than flights on any other days. I've no idea why. Hopefully we are actually travelling on an aeroplane, and not on a severely long distance bus! And yes, they happen to be 3 weeks apart.
So I'm off to Malaysia for some sunshine and adventuring! The decision went along the lines of me having a conversation with my friend Sharon, who is Malaysian, being offended that I'd been to Thailand and Singapore, but not Malaysia. Like I'd deliberately skipped going there (I didn't - Singapore = 2005, Thailand = 2006).
So when my friend Claire said she wanted to go somewhere hot where she could dive, it was an easy choice!
Now, with a week to go, I'm dealing with daily random questions from the lovely little Claire. Things like:
'Do we need malaria tablets?'
'Do we need leech socks?'
'Should I take travellers cheques?'
'What should I pack?'
'Do I need a visa?'
The answers to which are: I don't know, but I'm sure we can buy them there; hopefully not; nope, you can never find anywhere to change them at a good rate; not too much; no.
Hopefully that means we're now sorted and ready to go!!
In the meantime I'm going to admire my beautiful new fabric map from Etsy, and dream of where I'll be in a weeks time :o)
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