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I have finally made some progress with my packing. In some ways packing to move abroad is easier than packing to go on holiday. For example, when packing for a holiday I always make sure I am extra careful about leaving plenty of room in the case to bring my purchases back, when moving abroad I don’t have any such concern. Also, when moving abroad I am fully prepared to leave my hundreds (sometimes feels like thousands) of t-shirts behind in favour of buying new ones when I am there.

My hand baggage is proving to be far more of a concern than my checked baggage. All of my camera equipment goes with me on the plane, no exception. My medication also needs to go with me as well as my visa documents, x-ray, master copies of my birth/police certificate, drivers licence and passport (complete with K-1 visa). I will also take my electrical items onboard. If I was not such a geek and therefore feel the need to travel with loads of personal gadgets each with their own USB cable and power pack, I might actually get away with travelling light.

I will breathe a sigh of relief when my cases and I have touched down in Boston!