One week left

I've got one week left in London. It's hard to believe. I've been here almost three years. By the time I get back home it will be 1,081 days since I left. Although I've not documented my time in London in a blog (oops!), I'm really going to try and document my journey home.

Instead of booking the cheapest direct flight from London to DC as KPMG's policy dictates, I decided to book the most expensive flight of my life: a round the world ticket. Unfortunately, that means I'm picking up the tab instead of Uncle Peat.

So here's what's happening.

I'm packing a 55 litre backpack and a 25 litre day pack with everything I'm going to need for the next 3 months. I've packed, cut things, and repacked about six times. I'm still not 100% on what I'm going to cut from the final list, perhaps that's for a different post.

I'm then going to board a plane at Heathrow with my good friend Mo and we'll be off on our journey, taking the long way home.

First stop: Victoria Falls, Zambia. We're taking a 13 day overland tour from Vic Falls, through Botswana and ending in Namibia. Camping in tents.

Next, we'll have a short break in Cape Town. Activities here have been planned out graciously by some amazing South African friends - thanks girls!

Then, it's on to Nairobi for another 22 day overland tour through Kenya and Tanzania. Yep, camping in tents again. We'll meet up with another good friend (and Mo's London flatmate), Kylie, for part of that tour.

From there we head for a break in Dubai where we're staying with some of Mo's friends in the world's tallest building!

After Dubai we'll hit Thailand - Bangkok, Chiang Mai, and Krabi.

Vietnam is after Thailand, heading north to south with a quick stop in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Leaving Asia, first stop in Australia is Perth where we'll pick up another tour along the west coast up to Broome. Then we'll have a break in a city close to Mo's heart - Sydney - where she spent 2.5 years before coming to London.

After Sydney, the last stop is the North Island of New Zealand. We fly back to Los Angeles on the 20th of December and part ways in LAX. I'll touch down at Dulles on the evening of the 20th and then have one last glorious month of holiday...mmm... I suppose I should start calling it 'vacation' again.

People ask me what country I'm most excited about on this trip. Ummm...all of them?! Seriously. All of them. So, while I'm absolutely gutted (Okay, I'll try to stop with the Brit-speak. Who am I kidding...no, I'm not going to stop, so you're probably just going to have to get used to it.) to be leaving London, I am really looking forward to this trip and it will make leaving just a bit easier (I hope!?).