I had a nice flight from Brisbane to Singapore, catching up on some movies watching a latest release and an Indian one, trying to get some last minute learnings about the culture! We arrived in Singapore early and with 6 hours to spare I raced down to the meeting point for the free Singapore city tour, once I got my bearings. I made it just in time for the last one of the day and was quickly shuffled off with the group after filling in the paperwork. On the wa...

Well today is exactly 4 weeks to the day I got home!!! I'm writing this as a post trip wrap up and a big thank you to all I met and spent time with during my incredible 6 month adventure - there are way too many people to thank individually!!! I may have only met you for an hour, a night or some of you more - but each and everyone of you have left me with treasured memories and may have even made a bigger impact on my life & future than you will probably ev...

Day 1 Max picked me up from LAX and at that moment it was hard to believe almost 6 months had passed since he dropped me off!  It almost felt like I'd had one big crazy dream!   Telling him all I'd done though made me remember how much I've accomplished in 6 months - a lot more then you ever do on the 9-5 grind!  It was good to see a familiar face, be in a familiar place and be able to speak English - although still couldn't stop thanking everyone with a 'g...

Day 1

We arrived in Tulum downtown and immediately caught a cab for a place that Benny, Caroline & Tom knew near the beach. We arrive to find it booked out and instead head back to where we saw some restaurants with accommodation nearby. We drop bags with Caroline and all do separate recons on accom prices ...  A lot are very steep - what happened to Lonely Planets 'Backpacker Haven' description?! We decide on Zahar - an open plan rustic chic place that backs r...