About this Blog

Hi. Just writing this for those new to my travel writings as a bit of a warning/guide.

You may have noticed that each of my posts so far have taken longer to read about than the events actually took to happen. This is for a few reasons, but mainly because I love to talk, at length, and in letters/blogs there's none of that pesky "listening" crap I have to endure before talking some more. But they're also really long because they're mainly for my mum. She doesn't seem to mind spending a lot of time reading my stories (she's says my writing is up there in entertainment value with some of her law books!) and as much as I love travelling I hate being away from my family and feel sort of guilty about it. So yeh, they're going to be long posts. If your not my mum, or can't speed read, but still like me enough to want to know a little about what I've been up to I recommend looking at the photos and maybe using your find function for keywords such as "beers", "amazing scenery" or "deceptively feminine lady boys" to find parts of my tales that you may enjoy. Otherwise I apologise and promise to try and make it at least a little interesting.

Secondly, I've got a couple of other things I want to do with this blog. Firstly, I'm coming up with a new cliches for each country while I'm on this trip. The old cliches are tired and causing a new generation to suffer for the patterns of their grandparents. Maybe this will mean that one day Aussie's wont feel the need to be massive bogans when they travel? This idea came about when I had a Danish backpacker and a German backpacker staying with me. The Danish girl informed me that whenever a German goes to the beach, they dig a hole and sit in it. Rather than refute it the German girl replied "Vell vat else do you do with a hole?" Magic!

That, and I also may try and write my own backpackers guide of the world I've been to. I guess that'll depend how much time I have on long bus and train trips, but if I find time I'll give it a shot.

Anyway, last thing I guess is an apology to all the unreturned facebook messages I have and will no doubt receive. I'm lucky enough to have a tonne of really good friends who care enough to ask me how things are going. Unfortunately I am now without a smart phone (I feel like I'm naked) and can't message you as easily as before, but hopefully this blog will keep you updated enough, and I can make it up to you when I get back over a few beers. But please, keep messaging me and let me know how everything is going back in Aus!

Well that's it. Thanks for reading!