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Asia September 26th 2009

Yay! Finally the big day arrived and I, complete with very heavy backpack (where did all that extra stuff come from) was able to set off. Things went swimmingly until oh, about Heathrow. Then it all went a little pear shaped. I had, much to my great delight secured a window seat for the journey to Bangkok. I was therefor more than a little annoyed to be greated by an anxious looking man asking I would mind swapping my (much coveted) window seat with the one his newly wedded wife held (which was incidentally situated in the arse end of nowhere). Well, I did mind as it happens, I minded very much indeed. For a fleeting second I considered demanding sight of their marriage certificate as proof of her greater claim before agreeing to the swap. ... read more
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Europe » United Kingdom » Scotland August 25th 2009

Welcome to my tour of SE Asia. Where I hope to spend 3 months ambling through Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand on a budget of roughly £30 per day. Those of you who’ve stumbled across this page by accident may be interested to know that I am generally a quiet, retiring sort of person. The sort of person whom, when announcing a 3 month solo backpacking trip, draws incredulous stares, poorly hidden smirks and/or polite mumbles of not looking the type. “Hurrah for you” they say “how brave” whilst secretly opening a book on how soon before I return tail between legs, robbed of all my money and beaten to a bloody pulp. It's probably safe to say I'm not your average interpid backpacker type. However, I am confident my extensive travels to date shall stand ... read more




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