The last few months have been a whirlwind of emotions and a frenzy of excitement/trepidation. We have packed up our worldly items (realising that we have far too many material possessions), put everything into storage and rented our home out. For our final three weeks, lovely friends allowed us to house sit their beautiful home and look after their two gorgeous cats (we'll miss you Barney and Jasper) while they are away on holidays. Work has officially finished, we have paid bills for the next 12 months, had mail redirected, and had lots of catch ups with friends we will miss so much! Very hard to say 'see ya later' to family, friends and our beautiful dog Missy. Fingers crossed that we have remembered everything.
One thing that was heavy on my mind was accessing currency while overseas. Travel Money card was to be the main way of doing this, but some local currencies can't be loaded on, resulting in potentially large atm and foreign transaction fees. Then we heard about ING's Orange Everyday account. The mad scramble of opening an account ensues, but this should help with accessing local cash in places like Indonedia and India. Hopefully - stay tuned...
So for now, we are tourists in Perth staying with family (and being totally spoilt) before taking the plunge into Indonesian life next week.
