An update. I arrived in Lisbon broken. Lot of mental stress buildup from other things and that crashed me. I visited a friend in Toulouse for the weekend and then flew direct to Porto. Spent 3 days there, just as well as it prepared my calves for...
The flight from NZ has taken its toll. 29 hours. I have booked in an extra day in Lisbon to recover. I have to decide whether it is going to be an all out walk or to balance it with some relaxation. Something I really need. Do I really need to...
I have now done just over 120k with a 10.5kg (misc items to make the weight) backpack over the past few weeks so I'm reasonably happy.
I hope to end up at around 8.5kg with my actual stuff. I weight 78 kg.
I will weigh all my stuff later this week and see what it comes to. What I have learned from you is that I can always dump, or store stuff I don't need. I'll see if the hotel I say in in Lisbon, before I leave for NZ, will keep things for me I...
This is what I would like to do. You are the first recipients of my self expression. Be nice.
I am a daisy. I'm a lucky one, someone took my picture and shared it with the world. Most of us just come and go. Aren't I amazing. Look at my...
Thanks for all the replies. So much useful info. The problems I have is that I have never made the time to edit and document my photos on any of my many trips once home. They all sit on my drive or if you are old enough, prints in a drawer.
I...
This was a rather last minute arrangement. About 3 weeks ago I saw a window in my life to get some time to myself and booked a flight to Lisbon from Christchurch New Zealand. I'm spending 36 days away from home.
I feel I have lost my way over...
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