Yesterday we left our hostel laden with baggage and trekked across Istanbul to get to our hotel we were staying jn for the first part of our tour,I probably over exaggerated with the trekking part but managing 3 bits of luggage in a 30 degree city lets just say I was quite happy to let the hotel staff carry my belongings up to my room. We are staying in a 4 star hotel which is definitely a step up from the hostel,Ash and Jim are loving it after 5 weeks of travel...

I have survived my first night in turkey! I really really like it here,as you can tell from the picture it's very warm here but nice in the shade with a breeze,my flight over was good dozed watched a bit of the avengers,ate...standard,so far so good. Got to the airport missed the sign that said I needed to buy a visa went through the whole line to get my passport stamped and got told to go back and get a visa,then I had to stand in line all over again which was ...

Flying into Abu dhabi felt like we were flying into a computer circuit everything was symmetrical and perfectly designed with these unusual structures, dull in colour but structurally amazing. No waves Kaitlin,you'd love it here for racing ;) It's also Ramadan ATM so eating during daylight is prohibited, thinking about not being allowed to eat makes me even more hungry and there is a white mud cupcake from my birthday that mum packed in my bag,thats calling my...

And so,I'm finally off on my big European adventure! It's been a crazy month,snow trips,winning an Australian medal,turned 21,I definitely like to keep myself fulfilled. Currently I'm sitting on the plane it's about 10 to 10 in the morning Aussie time and 10 to 4 in the morning in Abu Dhabi so two more hours till my stop over in Abu Dhabi. Caught a few hours sleep which I desperately needed, too many goodbyes and tears really took it out of me,almost didn't leav...