In 2008 I decided to stuff everything else and started travelling, always taking along my long suffering six year old son, who would quite frankly, much rather be sat at home in front of the playstaion eating ice cream, and sometimes my husband, who would also much rather be sat at home in front of the playstaion eating ice cream. We only do independent travel, which sometimes has its difficulties especially as I usually travel alone with my kid, but its always exciting none the less.

March to October 2008 took us to Australia (East coast, traveling Sydney to Brisbane) New York, France, the Netherlands, Iceland, Italy and Morocco. Not all in one big trip, but with a few weeks at home between each country. Not the best idea in hindsight, it turned out to be far more exhausting than doing it all in one go.

February to April 2009 we did a 10 week trip, taking in New Zealand (travelling the South Island in a campervan), Australia (Brisbane and the Whitsundays) and China (Hong Kong, Guilin, yangshou, Xian and Beijing).

2010, we plan to finally travel on the trans-siberian railway. I was going to do it this year, but decided I wanted to see New Zeland instead. I blame Lord of the Rings. Other trips along the way will include travelling across Canada and Europe by train and trips to South America and (when Bud is old enough for the insurance!) a trip to Antarctica. Oh, and Thailand. And Japan. Just everywhere really. Or until Barclaycard tell me to go away and stop pestering them for money, it's verging on staliking now :)

Sometimes in these blogs I may make jokes you do not like, especially if you are particually patriotic about whichever country I am blogging, sometimes I am brutaly honest if I have had a crap day and want to vent, and most of the time I cannot manage to contain my potty mouth for more than a few paragraphs. I welcome feedback and comments, but not of the 'please keep your comments about my country to yourself' variety. This is my blog, written by me and containing my personal opinions and observations after all.

Most importantly, I apologise whole heartedly for the appaling spelling, grammar and punctuation contained in this blog. I type far too fast and am far too lazy to spell check, especially when trying to keep a firm grip on a tired, grumpy six year old and a giant backpack in some dodgy internet cafe! If anyone comments with complaints about my grasp on the written language, I shall force feed Buddy a six pack of fruit shoots and send him round to your house to do his best tazmanian devil impersonation.



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