In a similar vein to that of leaving Thailand, my time in Cambodia has come to a close and I am not ready to go. Maybe each place will be like this and one or even two months is simply not long enough to explore the vast landscape of an entire country. I am on … More Goodbye Cambodia, Good Morning Vietnam
I woke up this morning and looked at my eyebrows. I shouldn’t have done. Or rather, I should have done about eight weeks ago. Constantly being on the move and filled with excitement about a new place is not conducive to hair removal. You would think spending time on beaches and everyday with your legs … More Female travel problems
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
For the longest time I didn’t want to tell you, I have decided to re-plan my route. Initially, I was due to start in Japan: Tokyo to Kyoto, Okinawa, Osaka. Fly on to Seoul, South Korea and then to China. Spend a month in China, trekking the Great wall, perhaps even hit up Mongolia and … More A Change of Plan…
I’ve been a little plagued with anxiety this last couple of weeks. I owe this to the fact that I have now reached the less-than-six-months-to-departure date and I have so much still to do. VISAs, vaccinations, route-planning, fundraisers to arrange (five different ones!! Posts about each to follow shortly!). On top of this, I’ve had … More Overflowing Stress Bucket?
I arrived home from work this evening to find my brand new passport waiting for me. My ticket to adventure. My advance to go, collect £200 card. Freedom. I can’t wait for its crisp, new pages to be brimming with stamps; bent and broken-spined, like a well-loved book, my head swimming with the memories and the exhilaration … More The World is My Oyster
Jet-setter Jones 