culture shock big time! so im in lima. tflights went okay... thought id lost my luggage but apparently all the connecting flight bags were in a whole other box- they came off like half hour after everyone elses!! nightmare. but luckily id made a friend on the flight whod connected from kelowna- coincidentally close tô where leris farm used to be! weather in toronto was nice, stuck in the airport for 4 hrs aint fun tho. altho i probs spent about an hr figuing...

hi so its been a pretty intense couple of weeks. ive left my job and all the great friends i made there. there were plenty of tears and i already miss pwc swansea! they gave me some lovely gifts and a great send off! i feel very priveliged to have spent almost 10 months there. Then...i had to pack up pretty much everything i own and fill my poor little car to leave swansea. my home for 4 years. leaving the beach and my close friends was very difficult, especi...

SO three weeks today ill be in a car heading for heathrow, to begin the first stage of my global adventure! im very excited.... im sure u can guess that. im trying to get packed and all organised now- so much to do so little time. ive only got one more week of work and this is my last friday. last night i had my final mandarin lesson with li hui at swansea college. it was quite sad to leave them all, but hoping to keep in touch with li in the future. ...

so, im still in swansea, still working 9-5.30, still doing the same old stuff. but not for long......... 5 weeks today i will be on a plane somewhere between heathrow and peru!! Im thinking about my trip pretty much all the time. so much to organise before i leave swansea! bills to pay, direct debits to cancel, forms to photcopy, clothes to buy. also trying to sort out an itinerary for s america to pass onto mum. i believe she is concerned i will take her i...