Last day at home before RTW Trip
Hello Friends!
It is 00.29 hrs on August 2, 2006 - It is my last day back home before i am able to call anything 'home'.
31st of July was one hell of a day - It started with a bad news when i accidently checked latest Visa Regulations for Pakistani to enter FIJI and was shocked to see that i need a visa for Fiji. I called up the nearest High Commission in London and they confirmed this. Now i need to get my Fiji Visa from Australia before i can go there OR i have to find next flight out of Fiji to either Samoa or New Zealand. Then later that day i was looking at my passport and found out that my Brazillian visa expires on 24th September 2006 - exactly the day i am arriving in Brazil. I called up the Brazillian Consulate here in Zürich too clarify what does 90 Days period means (do they count by 3 months or day by day) because if they count by 3 months then i still have 2 more days to enter Brazil whereas if they count day by day then i need another (f**king) VISA! They confirmed that i need a new visa - Shitttt! so as i was leaving for work, i immediately sent my friend to go to them and get something done. Anysays, everything went well and hopefully i will be getting a new visa tomorrow morning. Third thing: I was happy that it is my last day at work but then my boss called me up and said that i must work tomorrow (1st August - Swiss National Day) and on my request he gave me just 4 hrs job to do. So, finally now i am free and doing my last remaning packing.
My packing is going fine. Yesterday i reorganised my room before i leave for 3 months or more. Packed my medical kit, Camera, Cash, Credit Cards, Address book, selected Clothes, Toiletteries Kit, Laptop and soon. Tomorrowi am planning to shortlist the items which i think i can leave because i want to make sure that my backpack is under 10 K so that i can easy wear it, travel with it and even carry it in my hand as a hand lugguge to the plane!!!
Btw, i do have a good news: I have been able to find FREE Accomodation both in DARWIN & ALICE SPRINGS, Australia (which are my first two stops where i am staying 3 days each!). Moreover, my host in Darwin (from Hospitality Club) is also ready to pick me from Darwin Airport at 3.30 am! I am absolutely delighted and looking forward to it...
Today in the day i have a long list of thigns to do starting from 9am till 9pm.
OK guys... i gotta hit the bed now... I'm uploading a couple of pics from my poor room's condition yesterday so that if any of you are planning to visit me should have expected this before ;-)
Bye bye Zürich - Next stop LONDON, UK!!!
G'nite...
Umer.
It is 00.29 hrs on August 2, 2006 - It is my last day back home before i am able to call anything 'home'.
31st of July was one hell of a day - It started with a bad news when i accidently checked latest Visa Regulations for Pakistani to enter FIJI and was shocked to see that i need a visa for Fiji. I called up the nearest High Commission in London and they confirmed this. Now i need to get my Fiji Visa from Australia before i can go there OR i have to find next flight out of Fiji to either Samoa or New Zealand. Then later that day i was looking at my passport and found out that my Brazillian visa expires on 24th September 2006 - exactly the day i am arriving in Brazil. I called up the Brazillian Consulate here in Zürich too clarify what does 90 Days period means (do they count by 3 months or day by day) because if they count by 3 months then i still have 2 more days to enter Brazil whereas if they count day by day then i need another (f**king) VISA! They confirmed that i need a new visa - Shitttt! so as i was leaving for work, i immediately sent my friend to go to them and get something done. Anysays, everything went well and hopefully i will be getting a new visa tomorrow morning. Third thing: I was happy that it is my last day at work but then my boss called me up and said that i must work tomorrow (1st August - Swiss National Day) and on my request he gave me just 4 hrs job to do. So, finally now i am free and doing my last remaning packing.
My packing is going fine. Yesterday i reorganised my room before i leave for 3 months or more. Packed my medical kit, Camera, Cash, Credit Cards, Address book, selected Clothes, Toiletteries Kit, Laptop and soon. Tomorrowi am planning to shortlist the items which i think i can leave because i want to make sure that my backpack is under 10 K so that i can easy wear it, travel with it and even carry it in my hand as a hand lugguge to the plane!!!
Btw, i do have a good news: I have been able to find FREE Accomodation both in DARWIN & ALICE SPRINGS, Australia (which are my first two stops where i am staying 3 days each!). Moreover, my host in Darwin (from Hospitality Club) is also ready to pick me from Darwin Airport at 3.30 am! I am absolutely delighted and looking forward to it...
Today in the day i have a long list of thigns to do starting from 9am till 9pm.
OK guys... i gotta hit the bed now... I'm uploading a couple of pics from my poor room's condition yesterday so that if any of you are planning to visit me should have expected this before ;-)
Bye bye Zürich - Next stop LONDON, UK!!!
G'nite...
Umer.
posted by Umer at 11:24 pm
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