Blogs from Bristol County, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 4

So over half a year since I returned, and about as long since my last, I have finally got around to putting up my last blog. I have also managed to write up some of the entries I had in notebooks; it feels like some kind of closure. For anyone thinking of doing anything similar, I would recommend writing as a form of keeping your sanity and adjusting to a different life. The longer I was in away the less it became a necessity and more a pleasure but it always offered a way of releasing scrambled, often contradictory, thoughts. Even if it didn't always make sense of them, at least seeing that they were not as weird and ridiculous as they had seemed in my head offered some consolation. Whilst I have bleated on for ... read more

Well I suppose I better introduce myself properly. My name is Jason or Jay as most of my friends would call me, a mature student that decided to take another go at education and really see, if by some small chance I may be able to make a difference in this life. Sick of just working to please somebody else and watching everyone else reap the benefits of my hard labour it was time for change. This is supposed to be a travel blog and to be honest I haven’t travelled quite as far or as wide as I would have liked in the past. Why I ask myself? Commitment is a wonderfully grounding experience and I mean that in a positive and also negative way, when I was younger man I would run amok, get ... read more

The long awaited holiday has arrived. Working through the summer while other people go on annual leave has been pretty tortuous but now its my turn to have a break. Three weeks in Armenia should do the trick. Everything is packed, the cat is fed and finance report sent to rowing Club secretary. So now I've got a bit of time to have a coffee and start the blog before setting off to get the coach to Heathrow.... read more

Soon my life will change BIG time. I'm currently finishing my a-levels of Geography, Biology and Psychology and once the sun has set on the 22nd of june 2012 i am a free woman! The world interests me, along with animals, art, people and knowing that "When you do the things that you can do, you will find a way." as quoted by winnie the pooh. With no plans for university i'm taking some time to explore the world properly. I'd love to travel around australia for a year, maybe stay in one place for a while, get some work and live the lifestyle. Then travel back to the uk through indonesia, thailand and finishing in india volunteering at an animal shelter for a month. With little saved money and no current job all this seems ... read more

GETTING READY TO GO, BRISTOL, UK. Wednesday 15th February, 2012. We have got our visas for India, have booked six nights accommodation in Malaysia and hired a car. M is too fat to fit in most of her posh clothes and burned a few calories taking all the 'too small' stuff to the charity shop. Still waiting for the itinerary for Inda and are in negotiations about our Bagan trip in Myanmar. Looks like an overnight sleeper train - that will be an experience! Hopefully everything will be in place before we leave next Tuesday. M's uncle Les is taking us to the airport. We will leave Bristol on Saturday 18th Feb and visit D's daughters Jenny and Lucy and grandchildren Larry and Georgina. Then we will go and see D's dad and sister before ending ... read more