T-minus 17 days until we leave for the biggest trip of our lives. 75 days and 6 countries, and not those tiny little countries in Europe that are packed so close together you can do several in a single day. The menu: New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, and UAE. Our bags aren’t packed, but they are waiting in the hall…

Poor Zhaan is not impressed, but she is going to have an amazing house companion for the duration.

Follow our adventure here, but her adventure on Instagram @ zhaanstagram.