Been a while since I updated, but I can explain…. I´ve just been having too much fun!
Sydney was simply awesome. Big thanks to Alex and Dorota who were fantastic hosts and showed me a really great time. My Sister is also in Sydney so it was like taking a brief break back home. After Sydney and a 14 hour flight to LA where I landed before I left (thanks International Date Line) I continued on to Mexico where I began an organised tour of Central America with Intrepid.
After nearly 2 months of lone travelling it was so nice to have everything done for me. On some days in South Asia and India, it felt like a full time
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I arrived in Sydney at 6am on Tuesday morning after a long drawn out flight from Indonesia. Bali’s Denpasar International airport, like much of Indonesia and South Asia in general, is a disorganised chaotic excuse for an airport. I’ve decided at the end of the trip to finish my travel blog with some ‘superlatives’ awards such as ‘best food’, ‘cleanest beach’ etc. It will take a lot to remove Denpasar airport from the top of the ‘worst airport’ category that’s for sure.
Upon arrival you are greated with a Starbucks, Mcdonalds and several other eateries at the front of the terminal building. As soon as you enter the building you have to go through security – so you can forget
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I finally see what all the fuss is about. Australia is awesome. Maybe it’s my hightened sense of desire for western organised society after 6 weeks of south asian poverty, maybe it’s the warm spring sunshine as opposed to oppresive monsoon humidity, maybe it’s the varied, tasty daily meals, or maybe it’s simply the pleasurable company of Alex, Dorota and Amy; whatever it is, i’m having a very nice time!
Alex met me at the airport and we headed via the big double decker train to Town Hall station in central Sydney, and on to Alex’s flat in Darling Harbour. It was still early at around 8am and consequently the city was peaceful and calm in the crisp blue spring air.
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I’ve spent the past few days traveling across peninsular Malaysia from Kuala Lumpur to the island of Pangkor via the Cameron Highlands and Ipoh. I hadn’t actually planned on travelling through so many places, however just like the Indians, Malaysian bus drivers seem to have a slightly corrupt streak and take what should be private, direct express buses on large detours to pick up passengers from local bus stops for backhanders. Unfortunately too, the weather has been attrocious. It’s been pouring with rain, and i mean pouring, for the best part of 6 hours now with continuous lightening, so photos and sunbathing have been out of the question. All this time undercover has therefore given me some time to reflect
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Today I had a super enjoyable day with Yong Yang in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I haven’t seen Yong since he left iCrossing 2 years ago, so it was really nice to catch up – and also great to have some company. I’ve actually spent the last 5 days in Bangkok with my little sister Amy (which was just one big shopping session and piss-up thanks sis), so i’ve been pretty spoiled for company recently. Combine that with meeting Alex and Dorota in Sydney next week and it could be said i’m not really traveling alone!
Since leaving the UK, Yong has been working for a Chinese telecommunications company in Ningbo, China. Because of the difficulty with internet in China (Facebook, Twitter,
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