Packing and "Getting Organised"

It's the weekend before I depart (I leave Monday) and for lack of a better phrase, I am shitting it.

 

*** Disclaimer***: This blog may contain the use of foul language and expletives. Please accept my sincerest apologies (it will also contain a whole lot of sarcasm), get over it.

 

 

So, as I embark on my first solo travel trip I am extremely excited and an actual bag of nerves. I'm not one for planning and being organised; I'm more of a throw it all in the bag and hope that what I need comes out at the other end, so for me to have booked myself on this trip it's going to be a mammoth task just getting there.

 

A bit about the trip then...

 

I'm travelling with a group called Trek America, they've been running for 20+ years now, but this is the first year they've branched out in Central America (yay for being a travelling guinea pig!). My tour starts in Cancun, Mexico, the next day we begin our descent further into Mexico. Next up is Belize for a day, then over to Caye Caulker, after a couple of days on the island we come back into Belize for a few days then make our way down to Guatemala.

 

In the spirit of being organised and not being caught short while trekking through the mountains I have been stockpiling a whole host of gadgets and clothing, all perfectly dumped in a heap in my suitcase that never quite got unloaded after my travels to Morocco.

At least it's all in one place, that's my argument anyway!

 

As a starting point Trek America issued a list of things they thought necessary to bring along with us,

this included: walking boots, money, clothes, rucksack, camera etc. The bare essentials really. I, of course, have included all of these plus many many more; bar the kitchen sink. So as I sit cross-legged in the midst of my floordrobe (yes this exists and yes it is a word- one frequently used in my household anyway) I start to sift through the shit that has accumulated over the past few months. Apparently I've catered for every eventuality and every occasion, I've even got a sewing kit... Oh yeah, I'm prepared ;) 

So bearing in mind that I leave in two days and I have work in two hours, I shall get off the computer and start dissecting this mound. God help me... 

XOXO