Planning two big trips simultaneously while trying to study for an exam 2 days away is really tough to say the least. I couldn't not take the lead in the planning for either my 10 day paddling trip to Tioman or my 20+ day trek in Sikkim, that's for sure; just being involved by staying in the know and helping to make decisions can kill off my time already.
Two very different trips, two very different sets of concerns. The latter involves endless net surfing for best prices of tickets, checking out dates of departures and arrivals for the different forms of transport so that they all transit nicely, looking for value-for-money accomodations, and evaluating about ten different transport arrangements. The former is more concerned with essential stuff like food planning, tranportation of kayaks, cooking needs, water replenishment, daily paddling mileage etc. More exciting to think about as we're supposed to be entirely self-sufficient without a land crew, and aiming to paddle long hours everyday to reach our objective.
It is siong stuff like these that really invigorates me - plans that requires a small flight of imagination, hours and hours planning its execution, and which will bring me a hell lot of thrilling moments when the dreams become reality.
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