Hi all!  Its been a while since I’ve posted anything on here, but thought I would let ya know I’m off to Tanzania on Wednesday!  A group of five of us plan to climb Mount Kilimanjaro!  At 5800m high its going to be quite a challenge, but we have been training and will be taking [...]

Hi all! Its been a while since I last posted on this site! I thought I would write an update as I am departing on another exciting trip! Before I get to that I’ll give you a very brief summary of what I have been doing since my 6 month trip around [...]

Time really does fly, its over a week already since I arrived back in the UK! Already I’ve seen lots of family and friends, returned to work, and been up to Manchester – which has made for a nice welcome back. Lots of mixed emotions still, nice to be back, but sad that the trip [...]

Well the adventure starts tommorrow, I’m all packed and ready to go! Busy day today had to swap my backpack at the last minute when I realised one of the zips didnt work! Went and had a look round my new house – which looks great! Got my haircut – not sure [...]

All seems very real now! Had my leaving do which was great fun, good to catch up with everyone. Was on a bit of a come down yesterday, don’t like saying goodbye – especially to good friends etc… You can see the photos from the leaving do here.
Feel like I just want [...]

Have that ‘after beer’ feeling today – had my Manchester leaving party last night! Stuck to lightweight beers (Carlsberg, Carling, etc) so my head wasnt to bad this morning, still feel knackered though after crawling into bed at 2am. Saturday is going to hurt I think!
Feeling sad today, saying goodbye to folks is [...]

…I’ll be somewhere over Europen two hours into my ten hour flight to Beijing! Its all come around so fast, its starting to dawn on me I’m going soon!  Feeling slightly apprehensive, my first thought is what the hell am I going to do when I get off the plane in Beijing!  Buts [...]

The count says 42 days to go!  I’ve bourght a backpack, applied for my visas, and had my first round of immunisation injections – its starting to sink in that I’m really going!  Bit of a shock to see a coup going on in Bangkok last night – fingers crossed that will have [...]

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