again I have lovingly stretched and rolled my beautiful blazer, my cream maxi and my white peg leg trousers, just some of the many ludicrously inappropriate clothes I have packed for Salvador carnival and a bus trip up the coast to a cheap hostel.

but despite my best efforts and being two weeks worth of contact lenses lighter (surely that should help?), somehow I just couldn't quite fit everything in as successfully as the last time.

so my "hand luggage" (anna bag of course) is becoming more like crane luggage.