These are last photos from South East Asia. [View Full Entry]

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As i'm flying to India tomorrow (8th April) i feel it's time to come up with some statistics of the total of 11 weeks spent in South East Asia, i.e. from Singapore, through Malaysia, Thailand, Laos and back to Thailand. Total number of: - diarrea instances: 1 (i.e. having to take a tablet) you can guess it's something recent - pairs of sunglasses lost/broken: 2 - accommodations where i got bed bugs' bites: 7 - accommodations (guesthouse/lodge/hostel/hotel/bungalow) i checked in to: 33 (overnight bus journeys not included) - nights spent on overnight buses: 9 - days in South East Asia [View Full Entry]

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Just to explain, the Thai use "same same but different" when dealing with tourists' questions. As this doesn't make sense if not fully explained it confuses (and very often frustrates) foreigners e.g. "why are you telling me that the tour you're offering today is same same but different to that tour tomorrow?!". it means "Yes, something kind of similar to that, but not the exact same thing" just like in the following example: "- So the bus at 9am to Bangkok is full, is there another bus leaving today? - Yes, same same, but different." [in this case, "same same, but [View Full Entry]

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some photos [View Full Entry]

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I flew into Singapore from Perth on 20th Jan. After 7 weeks spent with friends in Australia i found it really hard to resume backpacking, alone. Believe me, the first couple of days in Singapore were awful! Luckily i wasn't alone for any longer. Roxanne, who was staying in the same hostel, had similar plans so we happily decided to hook up:-) P.S. Apologies for not putting any photos from Australia, there's HEAPS to choose from and i would struggle with having to go through them all now. But one day i will. [View Full Entry]

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I spent two weeks on gorgeous Yasawa islands, west from the main island Viti Levu. I decided not to go east as the rainy season had just started, apparently Yasawas receive much less rain than the eastern region of Fiji. In total i visited 8 islands and stayed in 9 different resorts, plus one night on a boat - you know how i like to keep myself busy:-) The islands were stunning, as you will see on the photos! [View Full Entry]

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some more photos, this time from the southern-most point i've been to in New Zealand to the very final of my kiwi experience, i.e. Auckland. Tomorrow, 13th Nov i'm flying to Fiji YAY!!!!! [View Full Entry]

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You will not believe when looking at the photos but 80% of time i've spent in New Zealand: the weather has been rubbish. What this means for a traveller like me: due to pouring rain, hail, snowfall, strong wind, rough sea/lake, thick mist, avalanche, earthquake, to name a few, i have not been able to do many activities that i was hoping to do!!!! (apparently this year's spring is more wintry than normally, 4 seasons in one day - those from England will know what i'm taking about) well, next time i will know not to come to New Zealand in [View Full Entry]

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photos from Chile, my last 4 days in Sth America [View Full Entry]

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I fell in love with Bariloche. the time stopped in this place i could finally wind down and day-dream for hours [View Full Entry]

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