I made it, am safe and sound in Bangkok, utterly shattered and totally unprepared. Have already cross-questioned my roommate about hotspots and secret joints. How come I am usually so prepared and organised and now I am so RUBBISH? Didn't even use the 11 hrs on the plane, instead I ate loads (Qantas do nice food!), slept and tried to watch The Social Network ... but fell asleep, argh! And now it is so late that going out on my own would probably be extrordinarily stupid. Thank God I have another night and 2 full days.
What I really liked were the golden statues with the flowers along the motorway, the screaming pink taxis and the utterly annoying voice of the lady who sold the bus tickets: Where are you going? Wheeeerrrree are you goooooiiing? Great stuff!
Sorry to sound so uninspired - yet - have to get over this enormous tiredmess first. And I promise I have a really good story waiting, bearing the title 'How a rather good last day in London turned into a nerve-wrecking odyssey'. Watch this space. xx
... with arms wide open ...
Sunday, 30 January 2011
Thursday, 27 January 2011
My first blog ....
Oh My God!! I actually managed to set up a B-L-O-G, yes, a blog.I know, those of you who have been writing blogs for ages, let me say: some take a bit longer to try out new stuff! To those who haven't got one, let me say: it doesn't hurt - yet.
In 2 days I will be going on the biggest (regarding the impact on my life) and longest (regarding the miles covered) journey I have ever been on. My trip will take me from my home town LONDON (Mum doesn't like that I call it "home") to Bangkok, then overland to Malaysia and Singapore (all this in 12 days). From there I'll fly to Sydney and make my way down to Melbourne to fly on to New Zealand (this will take 10 days, yep, more "whizzing thru OZ" then "Wizard of OZ"). In NZ I have 15 days to explore Frodo's and Samwise's natural habitat before I jump again on a QANTAS plane (save your breath, I'm more likely to be killed by falling down the stairs in a London bus driven by a madman [they all are!] than falling off the sky with a QANTAS plane) which will take me to Santiago de Chile. By then it is mid of March and at least 3 months of South America will be lying ahead of me - how wonderful!
Well, that was my very first post, and if you are still reading: THANK YOU! As most of you know, I have never been a girl of few words, haha. But given the schedule I will have during the journey, I presume that the next posts will be shorter - just keep the faith!
In 2 days I will be going on the biggest (regarding the impact on my life) and longest (regarding the miles covered) journey I have ever been on. My trip will take me from my home town LONDON (Mum doesn't like that I call it "home") to Bangkok, then overland to Malaysia and Singapore (all this in 12 days). From there I'll fly to Sydney and make my way down to Melbourne to fly on to New Zealand (this will take 10 days, yep, more "whizzing thru OZ" then "Wizard of OZ"). In NZ I have 15 days to explore Frodo's and Samwise's natural habitat before I jump again on a QANTAS plane (save your breath, I'm more likely to be killed by falling down the stairs in a London bus driven by a madman [they all are!] than falling off the sky with a QANTAS plane) which will take me to Santiago de Chile. By then it is mid of March and at least 3 months of South America will be lying ahead of me - how wonderful!
Well, that was my very first post, and if you are still reading: THANK YOU! As most of you know, I have never been a girl of few words, haha. But given the schedule I will have during the journey, I presume that the next posts will be shorter - just keep the faith!
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