Here we go again…

One day to go. That familiar swell of excitement mixed with the flutters of anxiety invading my every thought. There's been a lot of planning and organisation gone into every aspect of this trip, but I can't help but worry about what's been missed.

This trip has been in the planning stages for the better part of three years. It's been in the back of our minds slowly gaining momentum while we've been getting on with the routine of everyday life. Thankfully we've had plenty of distractions to keep our thoughts occupied, but during those short periods of tranquillity that are so rare when you have two small children, we were forever dreaming and slowly putting the plan into action.

The gap between trips wasn’t supposed to be so long but life does have a way of laughing in the face of any well made plans. We were going to wait till Nate, our first son, was a year or so then leave, but we seriously underestimated our fecundity… Within six months of Nate arriving on the scene Faye fell pregnant with Gabe, our second son. So we’ve now waited till he’s a year old, and the time has come… We’re off!

The last few months have been complete bedlam...   Read more>>>