Stuff, stuff, stuff.... and more stuff!

As you can see, we've been buying 'stuff'. You never really think about how much 'stuff' you need on a RTW trip, until you decided that you want to do one for yourself. And boy, oh boy... do you need quite a bit of 'stuff'.

Comme vous pouvez le voir, on a achete plein de trucs, c'est quand on commence a y penser serieusement que l'on realise combien de trucs on a besoin...

In the past few weeks we've bought a compass, a LED headlamp, a money pouch, a LED torch, a universal sink plug, a travellers clothesline, a multi country power adaptor, two combination cable locks, 2 Light My Fire sporks, a travel size sewing kit, 4 combination pad locks, 2 Eagle Creek Koala toiletry bags, 4 Sea to Summit DryLite micro fibre towels, a Eagle Creek Maiden Voyage backpack for me, and an Eagle Creek Grand Voyage for Alain.

Recemment, on a achete une boussole, une lampe de front a LED, un portefeuille ceinture, une petite torche a LED, un bouchon d'evier universel, un corde a linge de voyage, une prise electrique universelle, 2 cables antivol, 2 sporks Light My Fire (cuillere-fourchette), une boite a couture de voyage , 4 cadenas de voyage, 2 sacs toilette de voyage Eagle Creek Koala,, 4 serviettes de bain Sea to Summit DryLite (sechage rapide style peau de chamois), un sac a dos pour dame Eagle Creek Maiden Voyage et un pour monsieur Eagle Creek Grand Voyage.

For sure, the best deal that I've happened to stumble across was purchasing our backpacks, micro fibre towels and toiletry bags from a great New Zealand company called Bivouca Outdoors. Not only were the bags nearly 45% cheaper than the exact same ones here in Australia, but with the exchange rate they were even cheaper, plus Bivouca offers free international shipping with orders over NZ$200.
I placed my order on a Thursday evening and my package was delivered on Tuesday afternoon... I was super impressed and highly recommend them.

Alain went to Harvey Norman for a 'look' the other day and came home with an Acer Aspire One micro laptop. It was on sale and he couldn't resist buying it. It will be perfect for our trip as it's super small and super light.

I also have been eyeing up a Crumpler Sinking Barge laptop/DSLR camera bag. Hopefully, we'll be able to pick one up on sale because I don't really want to pay full price for this bag. But, oh I do love it and would love to get my grubby little hands on one!

Nous sommes tres contents de nos grand sacs a dos, etant la piece majeure a acheter, Nicola a trouve une super qualite pour un prix tres raisonable en les commandant sur internet dans un magasin en Nouvelle Zelande. Et pour le sac a dos plus leger mais tres costaud pour tous les jours, Nicola a trouve ce qui se fait de mieux dans cette categorie : le Crumpler Sinking Barge, qui est capable de contenir en toute securite notre ordinateur portable, le Acer Aspire One (22,6cm) et notre appareil photo, le Canon 450D avec un zoom Tamron 18-270mm, et accessoires.