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Been a bit slack with the blog over the last few weeks, purely because my weeks have consisted of trying to develop my surfing so thought it best to wait and summarise. 13th September came which meant it was time to say goodbye to Lisa knowing that I probably wouldn't see her for potentially a few years as she is starting her Singapore adventure before I return home. Was actually quite an emotionally prospect as we have reflected a lot on our friendship/group of friends and all the fun/ridiculous/cringe worthy stories and times we have shared in the last ten years. Was so good to spend time together exploring the various places but above all spending the majority of the time laughing, accept when we were hungry or tired. Then we were vicious little pigs who ... read more

I am writing this as we leave Cambodia and endure a 8 hour bus journey into Thailand. So far so good. I have been really immature and taken a photo of the Chinese man next to me who has fully embraced the head back, mouth open and lean position. He reminded me of one of the Simpsons when they sleep and dribble. Anyway, the past week. It has been an eye opening experience, I think that's the only way to put it. We enrolled at a Yoga retreat for 5 days, this included living like a vegan, yoga at 7am, meditation at various points through the day and chanting various pearls of wisdom. Although, I have no idea what these pearls of wisdom where as they were in another language. The founder was an interesting character ... read more

Can't believe it's been a week already! I'm writing this laying on our bed that is costing lisa and I £1.62 a night it includes: double bed, fan and mosquito net. An absolute dream (apart from the 6am sweats when the electricity goes off). So the day had finally arrived I was all packed, Dad arrived as promptly as ever at 4am and I was good to go. We looked at the screen and my first flight to Dubai was delayed. Rubbish. I had a stroll around duty free and it resulted in me smelling very good thanks to the Chanel counter and my skin was sufficiently moisturised thanks to the Clinque lady! Dubai was completely different to what I had expected, I am probably guilty of having a stereotype about how I thought I would ... read more