Here I go!

This morning I’m leaving on the adventure on a lifetime. It feels very strange to leave everything behind to do something crazy like this. I think that I have prepared myself enough to be able to deal with most situations. But doing something like this it’s impossible to know everything that could happen, and that’s also what is so appealing about it.

This first day I will be staying with relatives outside Umeå. It’s about 120km and a great start to my adventure…

TV interview

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Moving out and back home again

Today I handed over the keys to my apartment. Even if I sold a lot of things I still had to store many boxes in my parent’s attic. And this week I will be living in my old room in my parent’s house. It feels a bit strange to me moving back into this house again, but it’s great to be able to spend a lot of time with my family before leaving.

I’ve decided that I will be leaving this Sunday. The only thing that would stop me from doing that would be a storm, then I will postpone the departure a day or two. But I got my mind set on Sunday and I’m super exited to begin.

Last day of work

Yesterday was my last day at the job where I have been working for more than six years. It’s a great feeling that I am getting close to the dream journey that I have been talking about for two years now. But I will miss all my colleagues and would like to thank everybody for this time. And who knows, maybe I’ll be back =)

T Minus 1 month

Departure is near and I can't wait to get out on the road.
I'm working two more weeks and my last day at work will be Thursday 19th.
Almost all the gear is ready except for a few things that will be arriving later this week.
Packing everything have been easier than I thought, but even though I have been careful only to bring light and small gear it's still going to be heavy on the bike(and me=).
Since I have been trying out all the gear and feel comfortable with everything I don't think I will be cycling as much these last weeks, I will be on that bike enough later anyway.

My home for the next couple of years

Hilleberg Akto

Vaccines

A couple of weeks ago I visited a doctor to advice me on what vaccines to take before leaving.
Since I had taken vaccine for hepatitis A and B before I "only" had to take for Yellow fever, Japanese encephalitis, Typhoid fever and Rabies. Plus some medicine for my stomach and for Cholera.
But the most problematic of all diseases is of course malaria. There are different pills and you have to take
them during the time you are in a high risk area. Next up on the schedule are three rabies shots..