I'm slowly assembling the contents of my backpack. On a great website I use to help me prepare (http://www.i-needtoknow.com), I downloaded an excelsheet of a couple's backpack content. It's a list of the items, their weight and their price in dollars. The total content of the couple's belongings is 6.500$. Perhaps I'd better take some insurance? Too late, I guess.

I'm thinking of doing the Alpamayo trek, which takes me right to the base camp at Alpamayo, by some considered to be the world's most beautiful mountain. The trek is 7 days and is considered "difficult". Check it out at http://www.i-needtoknow.com/alpamayo/index.html

Still in Belgium, but the date of departure is approaching fast. Went to the doctor to get a tetanus shot today. God I hate needles - although it wasn't so bad as I expected. Bought some more expensive stuff yesterday: sleeping bag and sleeping mat. Hope I'll be able to use them there.