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12 Years On - Happy Memories
I wanted to write something more cheerful than my last post, because despite that mega dump of sad stuff I am feeling happy and grateful today ( Read more... ) -
12 Years Without Mum
TW: bereavement, depression, self harm, suicide, brief mentions of finding a body, and PTSD ( Read more... ) -
The Last Leg! (Galle)
Well three weeks in and hasn't the time flown by. As usual I haven't got round to updating this as much as I wanted to. In every place I've stayed in I've had the most amazing experiences..but then something bad happens or there's something about the place that really puts me off it. As a result updating a journal has just been pushed out of mind ( Read more... ) -
What happens to beggars in Sri Lanka?
Recently I had been talking about travelling in India and Sri Lanka and the differences between the two with a group of people I'd met. Someone mentioned there are a lot less beggars here in Sri Lanka, and one women pointed out that was because the government made them disappear. I felt absolutely mortified. There I was, sat in the restaurant of an ( Read more... ) -
The Kindness of Stangers
I was chatting to a friend on Skpye the other day who told me that she doesn't feel able to visit a country where she doesn't speak the language. She wondered how I did it and that got me thinking about how I get by. I've come up with four reasons ( Read more... ) -
A Stopover in Qatar
My experience of Hamad International Airport was an interesting one because for a long time I was trapped inside it ( Read more... ) -
A Trip into Colombo
I arrived at the airport in Sri Lanka at 2:40 in the morning and to save me any worry, just booked a driver in advance to take me to my youth hostel ( Read more... ) -
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Going away in Europe for a couple of weeks earlier in the year was real turning point for me, as it gave me the chance to slow down and think about what I want in life in the future. So I handed my notice in not long after I got back and worked out my last few months ( Read more... ) -
What's new this week?
I know this journal is horribly out of date, but I'm slowly kicking it back into shape!
The most recent posts are:
*Feeling Sunnier in Slovakia
*Why I Always Wear a Scarf
*Holidays Are Coming
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Feeling Sunnier in Slovakia
Yesterday I arrived in Slovakia (country number 27!) after a 7 hour bus journey from Kraków to Bratislava. Ever the party animal, I spent my Friday evening avoiding the receptionist who was trying to get me to go out for drinks with other guests by doing my laundry in the basement ( Read more... )