Ik ben Kelly
Ik ben een vrouw en woon in Antwerpen (België) en mijn beroep is Freelance HR Consultant.
Ik ben geboren op 22/06/1981 en ben nu dus 43 jaar jong.
Mijn hobby's zijn: Bootcamp Pilates, Spinning, Bodypump, Bikram Yoga, travelling, cooking, reading.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained
Follow us on our trip around the world!
12-10-2010
Counting the days....
Hello everyone,
Only 72 days to go and hopefully they will go by very quickly because it is getting colder and darker and it gives me all the more reason to want to leave asap We have pretty much arranged everything for our first 2 weeks abroad so that's good and it allows me to concentrate on the things that need to be done before we can leave! Our next stop is the Tropical Institute where we have an appointment on Friday to sort out all our vaccinations so that's going to be interesting and hopefully not to painful Next on our list is moving all of our stuff to my aunt who will give us her spare room to put all our boxes in. I didn't think we would need a lot of space but apparently we have more stuff then I thought Luckily I will rent the apartment furnished so we just have to move our personal belongings (books, clothes, cd's,....) and so far, we have 10 huge boxes full of (mostly Bart's) stuff
We still need to re-paint the entrance hall and the terrace but that's something that we will do in 2 weeks because this weekend is going to be hectic since we have a wedding to attend to (which I am looking forward to!!)
I am already thinking about our farewell party which will be either on the 11th or the 18th of December so I will send out invitations soon. I have come up with a nice and original theme and I hope that a lot of people will be there!
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Zoals jullie waarschijnlijk wel weten, komt er bij zo'n lange reis heel wat voorbereidend werk kijken. Aangezien we ons appartement gemeubeld willen verhuren, hebben we besloten om samen te werken met enkele makelaars om zo onze kansen te vergroten om een huurder te vinden. Het is daarnaast ook handig dat zo'n makelaar de contracten regelt en een nieuwe huurder zoekt indien nodig (want wij zullen er natuurlijk niet meer zijn). Vanaf volgende week gaat ons appartement dus geadverteerd staan op enkele sites waaronder www.immoweb.be en hopelijk vinden we snel een geschikte huurder! Indien jullie iemand kennen die op zoek is naar een gemeubeld appartement, mag je zeker mijn contactgegevens forwarden.
Daarnaast zijn we ook op zoek naar een koper voor de auto: Audi A6, S-line, hij is bijna 5 jaar oud en is nog in perfecte staat. Foto's zijn te verkrijgen op aanvraag. De auto en het appartement zijn beschikbaar vanaf 1 december.
Next step is het halen van de nodige vaccinaties en het aanvragen van enkele visums die noodzakelijk zijn om bepaalde landen te bezoeken en daarna moeten we ons adres nog laten wijzigen zodat onze post opgevolgd kan worden wanneer we er niet meer zijn. Aangezien België het land is van de vele (overbodige) procedures, verwacht ik nog wel enkele bezoekjes aan het postkantoor en andere instanties
Ps: Op bijgevoegde foto zijn de landen die we willen bezoeken in het rood gekleurd.
I have been spending most of my spare time surfing on the internet to find cheap flights and accomodation since we are travelling on a budget
This was quite easy for Thailand and Malaysia but it isn't so easy to find cheap accomodation in Australia (especially in Perth).
Therefor, we are considering to contact people via the website www.couchsurfing.com where you can find people all over the world who have a spare room, so that could be interesting.
So far, we have arranged our accomodation in Bangkok, Chiang Mai (thanks to my Connections giftvouchers and Kuala Lumpur so that's all sorted! We have also book our flights from Bangkok to Chiang Mai, from Chiang Mai to Kuala Lumpur and from KL to Perth.
For all of you who are planning a trip, I advice you to have a look on www.booking.com if you are looking for a hotel because they usually have the best offers (and believe me, it did spent a lot of time comparing prices!)
Well, I better go now and continue my search for a (cheap) hotelroom in Perth
Mr B and I have decided to create a blog to keep everyone informed about all our adventures
As most of you know, we are leaving Belgium on the 24th of December for a trip around the world!
Our first flight will be a long one: Brussels > Frankfurt > Singapore > Bangkok.
Once arrived in Bangkok, we will spend 3 days beside the pool, relaxing and hopefully enjoying some good weather! We are flying to Chiang Mai on the 28th of December and will be there for 8 nights.
On the 5th of January we'll be flying to Kuala Lumpur for 1 night and then we're off to Perth where our Australian adventure will start!!!
Our plan is to buy a secondhand campervan in Perth so hopefully we will find one easily!
Get ready for the countdown: only 86 days to go and we're GONE!!!
