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Welcome to my blog! Yeah I know it's a little bit sad, but it saves me having to send millions of emails around to people and allows those who don't use Facebook to see what I'm getting upto! Ok, so here's the plan...the confirmed route so far is travelling from London to Asia on 31st July with two of my friends from Africa, Laura and Letty, we'll then be doing a loop through four countries in Asia (Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia) we're gonna be getting around mainly by local buses, which apparently don't have air con, so the 40 degree heat and humidity is the thing I am least looking forward to! The loop should take us 6 weeks, so we will end up back in Bangkok in September, at which point, Letty and Laura fly home to England, while I fly off to Sydney, Australia. I will mainly be working in Oz for the first few months, and will be joined by some friends from Uni in October sometime. The plan then is basically to work and travel around Oz and New Zealand for anywhere between 6 months and a year, before leaving to travel further afield, where exactly is undecided, but likely some more of Asia, India and South America! I will try and add new photos and entries whenever i get a spare hour in an internet cafe, however this might be limited in Asia as Internet will likely be rare!