The packing has started

So we are now down to 10 days until we fly out and only 5-7 days of work left. We are having massive troubles with our travel agent Expedia, that is a whole other post on its own which I'm in the middle of writing. I just pray that they come good and do the right thing.

I have worked out that to get to our first destination of Quito Ecuador we will be flying and laying over for 40.5 hours.

The girls had a practice run on trying to  manage 2 large empty suitcases and a carry on and it was interesting hopefully we can access a luggage trolley.I have started to pack a suit case, with the Caramello Koalas and other presents that have been requested, as well as the empty duffel bag.

My pre trip weight loss atempt was a major fail, somthing about needing to be more active as well as eating better.... So I have put on a bit of weight meaning a good portion of my clothes no longer fit. Today was quite productive in that I was able to  fill a massive basket full of clothes that I can pack away for after I shift my weight.

We have also been going through the girls clothes and culling anything that doesn't fit, and my mother in law suggested a really go idea, in that since we are taking so many empty suit cases in anticipation of our shopping in the USA, we should take our old clothes over to Ecuador to donate rather than Salvos over here. So currently going through those massive bags also.

We are booked in for our second lot of yellow fever shots on Tuesday week, the day before we fly out, and will get my nails done and a round of lazer on that day as well.  Hair cut and colour is booked in for next Saturday.

I have booked in some internal travel for Ecuador to go and visit family in Guyaquil, and funnily it was cheaper to book it through the Ecuadorian version of LAN airlines than it was the Australian version go figure. But for $29 each, each way we are taking 4 days down there to have a look see.

Sarah is right into Geocaching, so one of her birthday presents was the Geocaching app, so she can look up caches whilst in Ecuador, and there are quite a few, so hopefully we will have some fun finding some of those.