New Camera and Visas Update

Fujifilm Finepix HS20 EXR

The second of our 2 cameras has now been bought and paid for! As you have already seen we have selected the Panasonic Lumix FT3 as our standard "point and click" camera, but we also wanted to take something with us to help improve our photography and to allow us to capture some slightly more advanced pictures using lenses and filters. So we decided on this; The Fujifilm Finepix HS20 EXR. It's a 16mp bridge camera with a 30x manual zoom lens, to which we can fit a few different filters to adjust the look of the pictures we take. Looking forward to getting some cracking shots with this!

In other news we are still waiting on the return of our Indian visas. Vicky originally had her's returned by an overly picky worker at the visa office (by all accounts our tour driver suffered the same fate!), but that has now since been returned and processed. Mine has, according to a phone call I received, been processed on Wednesday last week, however I am yet to see any attempt to get my passport back to me so far. So it's fingers crossed that it will arrive back with me safely so that I can apply for the Iranian visa next.

Coming soon I will be doing a feature on the packing of our bags, and I might even record a video post so that you can see it all a bit clearer! See you soon :)

Indian visas done....(we think!)

Well our first visa application for the trip has gone off today. After filling in what seemed to be the most complicated online form the world has ever seen, we finally printed off our documents and posted them off to the   visas office this morning. Lets just keep our fingers crossed that we have filled in the forms correctly, and that the visas are granted shortly so that we can start applying for Pakistan and Iran!

The Route

So many people have been asking about the route we're taking and which countries we go to, so I thought I should post a copy of the planned route. Obviously if certain political situations fail to improve before we arrive in a country, then adjustments may be necessary to avoid putting people in unnecessary danger.

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1st Camera bought and paid for!

Exciting stuff, our first shiney new camera has arrived! The Panasonic Lumix FT3 is a 12 mega-pixel waterproof and shockproof camera that takes a lovely photo. Waterproof to 12 metres, this will let Vicky get all those important underwater shots using the same camera that we will be carrying around on a day to day basis.

Panasonic Lumix FT3

What's more, it's bright blue which is really cool!

Tent Chosen!

Well we've made the decision on the tent! The Shangri La 5 has come out on top (pictured below on left), and will officially be our home for 8 months!

It's lighter that our Phad X3, and probably not as stable in a hurricane, but the space is invaluable. At 6ft tall, I can nearly stand fully upright and Vicky has head room to spare!

So that's one more thing sorted and paid for, insurance, technology and more jabs to come!

The First Post!!

Hi everybody, and welcome to the first post of our honeymoon travel blog!

Ok, so I may be 6 months early in setting this up, but I got a little over excited :) Anyway, it just means that you can listen to our preparations and get a feel for how we're shaping up. I've been appointed "blog guy" and Vicky has created a beatiful looking journal that she will compile as we travel.

Well the vaccination process is well and truly under way, looks like we will be having more jabs and tabs than you can shake a stick at! Incredibly we'll be spending not that far under £1000 each just on vaccinations!

Next big decision is the tent, and at that a decision that we thought we had already made. But will we take our trusty Colemans Phad X3 (Very waterproof and sturdy but lacking height), or take the plunge and upgrade to the more spacious but less waterproof Go Lite Shangri La 5?



Colemans Phad X3


Our tickets are booked for this years Outdoors Show in London, on the shopping list are 2 shiney new cameras and a new compact laptop.

Come back and view the blog again soon to see how our preparations are coming along!