As a trip I've planned for 5 of us for over a year, I'm proud to say that everything is going as planned, and we are all raring to go. It's going to be my longest trip at 19days, effective 17, which even if you compare the effective days, it still beats my longest in New Zealand at 16 (can't remember effective days).
I've never felt the excitement of a holiday for a long time. The last I recall was in Primary School, where I'd be too excited to sleep properly, and even before that, when I would be too excited to even eat breakfast.
Naturally, I'm able to manage the excitement alot better now, but to be honest, very few places brought out the same feeling as I used to experience many years ago. That is not to say I haven't enjoyed the holidays themselves. I'm talking about anticipation here.
Last minute shopping as usual =D I got my winter stuff, and taking advantage of the fact that I'll need these stuff for when I go to UK, my parents are more willing to invest in a decent pair of winter boots.
I'll also need to pick up a 77mm Circular Polarising Filter for my EFS 10-22mm F/3.5-4.5. I've not much experience with snow covered landscapes, but I recall it was kinda blinding for cameras, especially if taken at the wrong angle. Polarisers also help saturate the colours more by taking away glare from leaves (especially useful in autumn, from the pics I see) and, in this case, a winter landscape will be rather washed out, so polarisers might help.
I'm hoping to shoot around at least 100 photos (average) a day in Japan.