Signing my unpaid leave

Setting a date made me start thinking seriously about my expedition. Everything was a chaos of ideas and turnouts until I established when and where I was going to start.

Sending my bike to East Timor in March was pointless. The dry season begins in April and I usually need a couple of weeks to sort out my life before departing.

How about the 15th of March? I still have five weeks of annual leave accrued, and then I can request a 10-month unpaid leave to complete the trip.

So I did.Read more