6 days before leaving

Anyone thinking about going for an exchange to another continent I can say: think twice. Now that we are leaving in less than a week I know that I've done all the preparations: I've taken all the vaccinations needed, paid the deposit for the University, send all the paperwork, bought return flights and a backpack, arranged an accommodation, gone through medical examinations and so on but at some point I was seriously about to give up.  The process took months and the information reached us so late that we were in a hurry to get it all done in time before leaving from Finland. 


In spite of all this it seems that we are really leaving in 6 six days. I've bought my very own Lonely Planet for Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei and spend hours on internet looking at pictures of places in Malaysia, Thailand and so on...And I just borrowed Madventures Kansainvälisen seikkailijan opas- book (sorry guys, this is Finnish book) from the library. You can find it from here: http://lue.wsoy.fi/madventures/. There are really good practical tips and pretty funny stuff for international traveler as well (like how to make an Asian plastic bag drink and how to attach hammock to a tree).


So next Tuesday starts my first trip outside Europe and on Wednesday morning I should be here: 

Lots of love from Finland


Tare