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J is for JJs Considering that I’ve spent the last month rotating two pairs of trousers and four t-shirts in order to keep my legs…
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I think travelling solo in Burma is the closest I will ever get to knowing what it’s like to be a celebrity. Everywhere you go,…
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There have been many, many, great moments in Burma. Lots of which I’m sure I’ll bore you all with when I get home (feel free…
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Whoever came up with the saying: “Life is about the journey, not about the destination” had obviously been to Burma. The roads here are absolutely…
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I have come to the conclusion that in a previous life I must have been Burmese. It is the only explanation I can come up…
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Of all the countries that I’ve been to so far on my trip, Burma is the one I had the least preconceptions about. Despite everything…
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I have now officially passed the six month mark of my 30b430 trip. That’s six months of no work and my brain is beginning to…
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The great thing about families is that even when you haven’t seen each other for ages and ages as soon as you meet up again…
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F is for Fraser Island You can read all about my trip to Fraser Island here. G is for the Great Barrier Reef Check out…
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The Songkran Festival announced itself to us with an 8am commotion. Car horns beeping, music blaring and people screaming is exactly the wake up call…