As the title says, I'm rather excited! 6 days, and counting, until I'm out of Canberra again. Only for a scant 3 weeks this time, unfortunately, but it's still possible to fit a good chunk of itchy-feet-busting into that space of time! In 6 days, I will be en-route to Tokyo, Japan, with a short stopover in Beijing on the way, and a slightly longer one on the way back. There will be a group of intrepid travellers this time, which should be a rather interesting phenomena for me. The last time I travelled with anyone, well, I ended up splitting [View Full Entry]

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I guess I should mention that I'm doing this blog a little strangely - I got home from my trip 6 months ago, and I never got around to actually posting the travel journal I was writing during that. I'm heading to Japan at the end of the year and wanted to be able to blog that, so I thought I might as well re-write, polish and post my writings from my Gap Year while I was at it. So, with that little note, as they say, on with the story! We spent two days in Singapore, it was just a [View Full Entry]

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It's always strange to think that you won't be seeing the place that you call home for a good 6 months. My home is Canberra, the capital of Australia (no matter what people from other countries may think - believe me, I live here). It may seem boring to a lot of people, heck, sometimes it seems boring to me. Especially when I think about where I'm going to be going in the next six months. The plan is to hit as many countries in Europe as we can in 6 weeks, and then repeat this exercise in Asia for another [View Full Entry]

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