Traveladdict

Well I truly know what its like to be famous, I've never had so many people stare (then giggle when you stare back - although you do feel like you've entered some kind of competition when they dont!), take photos of me, ( some more subtle than others), asked to be in photos. You totally realise how it makes the locals feel the other way round and gives me no inclination whatsoever to be famous! I flew into Hong Kong from Bangkok and it pretty much lived up to my expectations - a watered down western version of Asia. Before I came to China, I was scared about two things - the food and the toilets, there latter having proven not too bad (think British Rail train toilets on the last train back home on a ... read more

Next morning we drove to the port of Padang Bai to catch the ferry to Lombok. In the itinerary it said this took 4-7 hours. 4-7 hours? Thats quite broad! In the end it took about 6 but was a good chance to meet some locals, as I got introduced to some Indonesian music on a boys MP3 player (his favourite Western music was Westlife and Britney worryingly!) whilst I introduced him to the Kaiser Chiefs! But totally the most bizarre thing about the trip was the extremely loud house music they played on arrival into Lembar port. Bearing in mind that Lombok is predominantly Muslim and more quite a bit more conservative than Bali, no one really seemed bothered or surprised by it, as Crazy Frog dance remix blared out. Bizarre! We drove to Kuta, ... read more

Well its been ages and as I write I am sad in an internet cafe in Bali writing about what happened in Australia over a month ago - so I thought it was definitely time to catch up! Sorry I have been slack keeping in touch via email with everyone - one of the downfalls of getting addicted to Facebook! but I am going to try and keep up with my blog for these 4 months travelling as I know if I get really behind its just not going to happen! In addition to the photos that I've uploaded onto here for the travelling around that I did with Ed please also use these links to my albums on facebook for those of you that arent my 'friends'! and there are more on there. I would ... read more

Well it seems ages since I wrote on here, apologies to those who have been requesting updates! Have been quite busy....Photography course I mentioned in my last blog has been fab, despite the old lady who only went to learn how to take pictures of her cats, who attached herself to me! Seriously has been good and prob going to do some kind of follow up course, off on a night shoot in the city next week, and has lead me to make some serious lfe realisations.......(cant go on without telling everyone that doesnt know already.........) I am going to COME HOME and start a business selling my images, not worked out all the details yet but that is the general plan. But I wouldnt really be me if I didnt do copious amounts of travelling ... read more

I flew back to Sydney a day before Mum and checked into Sydney Central YHA which was amazing, Mum and I had a double room which was a lot better than a lot of hotels I've stayed in! Anyway had one night out with my friend Sandra before picking Mum up from the airport the next day. That day as it was nice we went down to Bondi and did the lovely beach walk from Bondi too Tamarama beach (where a lot of my photos are from) before having a mammoth all you can eat BBQ and seafood dinner at a restaurant overlooking the beach. Was really nice to have Mum in Sydney and show her around. The next day was a full day sightseeing. We started off at the Sydney Fish Market as I hadnt ... read more