So Long!

Probably the last update .... I didn't like the way I started that. Of course I will come back, what I meant was I wont be having internet access for quite some time so no updates in between.

Tomorrow we start, essentially my longest and most ambitious travel plan so far, not to say the most expensive. Packing is almost done, I am not being too serious abt it, no matter what I will definitely leave a few things behind. Some of it I will suddenly remember after abt 1~2 kms from home, others when I need them and don't find them. This has been a pattern , Its so easy when u make peace with something, you accept it the way it is, so I am not too worried abt the packing.

564 pics per memory card so in total abt 1100 pics, would have loved to strech it but 4GB memory cards don't work with D50. Will have to pick some books, tonight I pick some in Crossword, but they don't really stock travel books , so will have to try my luck at the airport and then in Manali and Leh. Lonely planet recommends a few bookshops there, so hopeful to find what I am looking for.

Ipod is ready with Rock and Country and Prayers , would have loved to add some more variety , but the machine crash a month back didn't help, it takes time to reconstruct the collection.

Teh only thing I feel I am not really prepared for is Cold, my winter wear is pretty scant thanks to the temp in Hyderabad. So banking on stuff available on rent in Leh.Something ominous, I feel I am going to have cold, Its not really cold here but suddenly its feeling that way, you know, the way it feels before u actually catch cold.

Should have taken some pills for Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS) but no time for that, Planning to do that either in Manali or Leh.Would have loved to carry an altimeter, but no time for that now.

Couple of things that I intend to buy today are
a) Voice recorder
b) Flash light
c) 1 pen/1 pencil. don't know if pens will work in that cold.(Sometimes I am surprised by my smartness :), really this was an impromptu thought, I didn't read it anywhere,you might say its common knowledge, but hey its my blog, and I have a weakness towards indulgence).

So see you on the other side of the trip!