I often get asked “What’s the ideal travel camera?”

It’s pretty easy. It’s got a 12 megapixel sensor, a top-quality lens, a great exposure meter, instant start-up, no shutter-lag, excellent battery life and built-in image stabilisation, weighs under 500g and supports RAW files.

We’ve a month left. It seems like forever since we decided to stop putting off our “some day” trip and just go. I hated the waiting, but it’s meant we’ve been able to plan well and get stuff done.

In the past couple of weeks, we’ve managed to tick a good few things off the list.

There are some things I want to experience during this trip.

I’m super-excited about the possibility of doing things I’ve never done before, like snorkelling, kayaking and camel safari.
I’ve also taken 10 swimming lessons, and now I feel more confident about water activities. We’ve even been talking about taking a diving course (I know, we’re getting ambitious now… but why not?)