All Packed

That's it, I'm packed and ready to go! We leave bright and early tomorrow, we've got to get up at 5:30am, so bags have had to be packed tonight. It is a bit odd to think that pretty much everything I'll need for the next 5 months is inside the rucksack, I just hope I haven't forgotten anything important. When Ed Stafford trekked through the Amazon he had all sorts of high-tech kit like solar power panels and satellite phones. Tech-wise I've just got a charger, a kindle, an old mobile phone,  and my smartphone without it's SIM-card so that I can connect to the web and update my blog, Skype family and look for jobs for when I get back!

I've also said all my goodbyes to my friends and family (Except for my Mum and Dad who are taking us to the airport) which has been pretty hard because I'm going to miss them a lot and, in a funny way, I'm looking forward to getting back so that I can see them again. I suppose that for even the most exciting things there are always some not-so-exciting bits too.

Next time I blog I hope to be doing it from Cancun, Mexico. See you in June, England!