Would you rather.... (a favourite travelling game of mine): sit in a slow boat in front of an intoxiated englishman who tried to drink from 2 beer bottles at once and therefore spilt beer all down himself and smelt worse than the mat on the floor of the beachhouse bar OR sit next to 3 large chainsmoking german guys who played their ipod so loudly i could hear every word? listen to the constant stream of complaints from the whiny american woman, from the hards...

"Wat Pho is closed today until 1pm, so is the Grand Palace. You will have to wait 4 hours. Oh, I have an idea! Why don't you take this reckshaw (conviently is situated right on the nearby road) and for only 40 baht you can visit the Lucky Budda statue and a clothes making shop. The driver will wait for you outside the shop - for free! Good idea yes?" Well, it was quite convincing! I did realise after a few moments that if they were in fact closed, the...

Hello to adventure 08-09! The days of counting down have finished and I am currently sitting in my hostel in Bangkok... I can`t say that that trip here exactly went smoothly. The flight to Sydney was amazingly bumpy and the landing was terrifying, one of those ones where the whole plane goes from side to side, and I was definitely not the only one gripping the armrests with white knuckles! I consoled myself with the fact that at least I will get my meal first, ...

Since I last wrote liv and I made a highly memorable journey. Having done numerous train trips we thought it would be good to test out what a bus in India is like. Assured that this is a sleeper bus compete with beds, cutains and other such luxurious parts we booked a 12 hour overnight bus to Mumbai. Little did we know that our beds we about one metre from the top of the bus, I encourage you to imagine how tippy big buses feel from normal seats... times that by a...

I am currently reconsidering my future. Do I really want to study development related health? OR shall I become a famous chef specialising in masala chai, kadhai paneer and chapatis... OR shall I become a elephant tamer or maybe a camel jockey? Ahhhh so many new choices! With only one more day left in India my time here is going scarily fast. Make it slow down, someone, please! Udaipur has been awesome. Its hard to pinpoint exactly what it is that makes me love ...