You have been warned, this post is going to be a moan. Verging on a rant actually. Yes I am aware I am being negative with no need and all you people reading this during your lunch break back in blighty will no doubt be rolling your eyes and leaving me comments later, but… long … More Warning: This Post is a Moan. Things No-one Tells You About Travel
Well I was right, a month is not long enough. Entering Vietnam from the cave-hole at the back of a sleeper bus does not seem so long ago. From Ho Chi Minh City with the country’s brutal history displayed and the sprawling city displayed from a sky bar with 15 dollar drinks, to Mui Ne … More Vietnam, it’s been a pleasure
Today I ticked off another bucket list item as I meandered my way through the beautiful rice paddies of Sa Pa, Northern Vietnam. Just coming out of their winter, Sa Pa is currently a land of mist, cloud, drizzle and cold (tomorrow we do a two day hike, one night camping…. wish us luck!). Biking … More Bucket List Item DONE: Rice Paddies in Sa Pa
After a ten hour sleeper journey (during the day!) from Kep, Cambodia, in a fully reclined chair at the back of the bus… I arrived in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, otherwise known as Saigon. I stepped off the bus in complete bewilderment. I thought Bangkok’s roads were bad! Saigon permanently looks like the start … More Miss(ing) Saigon
I leave Thailand for Cambodia on Monday. I would rather move Christmas. If it wasn’t for the fact I have a date with my beautiful friend for the festive season and beyond, I would be firmly set on staying in Thailand. I have fallen in love with this vibrant country and it’s people. I feel … More Thailand: regrets and returning
I didn’t know what to expect of Phi-Phi. A friend at home told me I HAD to go. She went 8 years ago and loved it. Another friend told me she hated it, likening it to Patong Beach in Phuket and Brits Abroad. I didn’t know what to expect. I decided I had to see … More Koh Phi Phi Don, I Did You Wrong
When I was 11 years old I fell off my bike. Now, as anyone will tell you, the best thing to do is get straight back on it. As anyone with anxiety will tell you, if something bad happens, you develop a fear for that situation and the avoidance that follows is a self preservation … More The Two-Wheeled Challenge
It’s often the case that when you establish yourself in one place, you are overtaken by a lethargic reluctance to discover its surroundings. As if just because you live there, the seduction of nearby places gets lost and we look instead at faraway destinations for excitement. I am fortunate enough to be a long-standing resident … More Keep the Discovery-Fire Alive
I had a bit of a melt down yesterday. I owe this to the fact that I have now reached the “three-months-to-departure” date and I have so much still to do. Recently, this has started weighing heavily in my mind and I have had so much swimming around in my head, that it has all … More Fundraising Related Panic
This post was initially called “May” and was to be about how quickly 2015 is going and how much I had to squeeze into my remaining six months in the UK. It has been sitting in my drafts since then. Well, those three months literally flew by and now I am three months from departure … More August
Jet-setter Jones 