The countdown is literally in hours now (approximately, 7hrs 12min to go), until the flight that begins this journey takes off. How exciting, to soon follow the trails taken by Charles Darwin, knowing full well the weight of his particular journey and wondering how my own trip will affect my very being.

This waiting drives me mad, I can barely get sleep, and my head pounds with the schizophrenia of being caught between fatigue and exhilaration! I wonder at the next three weeks, three weeks and all that they will bring, and I smile, feeling in my heart, how life-changing this experience will be. Now then let’s be off already!!