Neil Sargent
NJWS
Neil Sargent
Having just spent the past five years at Uni, I have decided to reward myself with a year out and I am taking myself off round the world! The plan is to start off in the South Pacific - Cook Islands & Fiji. I will then head to New Zealand for a short time before heading over to Australia where I will spend about 3 months including 4 weeks with my friends in Perth, WA over Christmas and New Year (Aussue, Aussie, Aussie - Oi Oi Oi)!! In January, I head up into South East Asia, where I will take in Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Malaysia. Now that I am TEFL certified, I may try and find some teaching work along the way. I will then leave the temples and tuk tuks behind, in search of the 'big five' in the game reserves of Southern Africa - South Africa, Swaziland and Lesotho! I may also do some intern work in Cape Town with various NGOs. It all sounds pretty damn exciting so not sure why I'm feeling incredibly apprehensive about the whole thing! Will be keeping in touch via e-mail with you all but thought this travel blog would be a preferable alternative to group e-mails and will also serve as a good reminder to myself of my travels! Keep in touch and will miss you all more than you think!! Take care! x
A few thoughts for the road:
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." -- Mark Twain
"Neil, your going to have THEE time of YOUR life and thats what it is; YOUR life, YOUR choices, YOUR destiny. It goes tits up, you come home. So...until next time, stay beautiful, stay gold." - Louise McGuinness, 17th Sept 2006.