Finally arrived in Hong Kong today, feels like I have been waiting an eternity for this trip. It is like nothing I have seen before, a melting pot of cultures, walking around I was on sensory overload! Seems like old and new are haphazardly crammed into any available space. There are trendy bars beside tenement housing, old fashioned nail bars over classy restaurants. I am staying in a really trendy part of town where all the "Filths (failed in London Try Hong Kong)" live. To get there you have to travel up the escalator....not a bad way to get up the [View Full Entry]

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I thought that it might be an idea to give any valuable kernels of information that I have gathered along the way in relation to planning for my year around the world: Internet: Scour the internet, over and over again. Be sure to bookmark any websites that you find interesting as in a months time you will forget what you have looked at and trying to find that website again is near impossible. Some indispensable websites: http://www.travelfish.org/ http://www.travellerspoint.com/ http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/index.jspa/ http://www.gapyear.com/ Blogs:[/b [View Full Entry]

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I'm heading off on my travels in March 2008. I reckon a travel blog will be the best way of keepin track of my adventures as well as keeping everyone at home informed that I am still alive! Well I guess I'll tell ya a little about me. My parents hail from Ireland and jumped the pond to go get jobs. While they were there the had a little sprog called Emma. I was born in Greenwich, London. My family lived there for nearly two years, when they decided to up sticks and move to South Africa. We spent around twelve [View Full Entry]

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