Today is the day! My bags are packed and I'm ready to hop on my 12 hour flight to Bangkok! I just have to make it to Heathrow, which could possibly be the hardest leg of my trip. Damn you M25. I actually quite like airports...once you're past security. Last time I went on a flight it was to Germany, and the security guys were convinced I had explosives in my bag. No joke. Fingers crossed I don't come up against anything like that again because i'll be damned i...

Here we go... Welcome to my travel blog friends! In exactly one week I will be arriving in Bangkok to begin my 6 month Asian/African adventure (!!!) I am so excited to leave and with only two days left at work I can almost taste the freedom. However, along with the excitement comes the stress, panic and nerves, which i am putting down to the countless dreams I've had where my trip gets screwed up. My personal favourite was the one where all I packed was belts. ...