Well, not sure if anyone I know has tried to logon on to read this, but for those of you that don't know, my south american odyssey has been called off. I was supposed to fly out monday 27th Oct, but have been suffering from a pretty bad case of anxiety. I was throwing up on the way to the airport and to put it simply I was a mess.

I changed my flights to the following week (Mon 4th Nov) but the anxiety / panic attacks only got worse. I have been to the doctors and have been given somethings to help, but it was just going to be too risky for me to try and dump myself on the other side of the world in a foreign language country on my own. THe anxiety has blown out so that I struggle going to the shops, catching all types of public transport and even getting in the car, its not a fear of the activity but a fear of the feeling my body gets when i get put in these situations. Adreneline pumps through my body and simply exhausts me.

As much as it pains me to say, I have had to cancel my trip. This is one of the hardest things I have ever had to do, Tim Rodsted world traveller has to sit this one out. But my health has to come first. My consolidation prize is that i will be heading to Japan in Feb, to board some of the best powder in the world.

I've got a great support network and I am incredibly positive that I will get through this. It was a little opptimistic that I would be able to pull it off in a week, even though as stubben as I am I thought I could do it.

I finally just want to apoligise to all those who I was supposed to meet on my travels, but don't stress I will be on my way to south america as soon as possible.