Time to go
Alright, it’s almost time to go and leave this weather-forsaken country of Finland for the next six months. Backpack is packed with too much stuff I might add. But in my defence I have to take winter and summer clothing. We all know winter clothing takes up so much space and weighs a lot. However, I’ve thought about just sending them back once I will be in warmer climate so I’ll just send a package back to Finland somewhere from China.
My equipment includes;
- 5 t-shirts
- 2 sleeveless shirts
- 7 sets of boxers
- 5 pairs of warmer socks
- a pair of jeans
- a pair of long, cotton pants
- a fleece sweater
- a pair of sneakers
- a pair of flip-flops
- naturally a winter jacket, shoes, mittens, a hat and a scarf
- layers and layers
- woollen socks
- a small first aid kit
- a cap
- some hygiene stuff; deodorant, toothbrush- and paste, a razor, some facial moisturiser
- a phone, a kindle and an iPod
- cash and cards in different places
- a leatherman
- a fork, a spoon, a cup and some food for the train rides
- a trek towel, one of those which dries up really fast and is light
- a silk mummyliner for luxury (BOOYA)
I guess that’s about it. Plenty of stuff and some of them unnecessary I’m sure. But in my defence, I have never done this long of a trip so I’m bound to take too much stuff with me anyway. I’ll just get rid of them in case I need to.
So my train tickets all the way to China are booked, couchsurfing hosts confirmed and a hostels booked. Time to go. I’m probably going to be scared shitless when I step on the train from Helsinki to Moscow at 18.23pm , as I’m quite sure it will hit me that I won’t be coming back for like six months. I mean, I have travelled quite a lot and lived in a few different countries but as I said, not having travelled like this. Should be exciting! There has been an update on my travel agenda though. I will pop by the local Red Cross office in Beijing for some volunteer work. I don’t know what kind of work yet but whatever they might need help with. My boss here told me to just go see what is going on there. So let’s see what happens! I will try to keep this blog up to date but I can’t make any promises as I am really bad with these kinds of things.
Happy new year’s everybody (I will celebrate it in Moscow YEAH)!
-Jani
