My heart pounded and my eyes smarted with tears as the woman at check-in said "the remainder of your one world ticket has been cancelled madam"..... I leaned against the desk, held my head in my hands and said "this can't be happening to me...."Several minutes later after balling, pleading, begging and getting shirty I finally submitted and scalked away. Because I had changed my plans and not made my Bangkok to HK flight, they had decided ...

   There have been many hours of reflection time for me on this trip - just what I have needed.  I have managed to capture some of those thoughts which I'd like to share with you.  Thank you so much for all your support over the past 6(ish) months, you've been amazing and I feel that a few of you have travelled this with me.  Never underestimate how much you're in my thoughts. I've learned... That sun burned...

Driving from Hong Kong Airport to Causeway Bay the cabby became annoyed at the other drivers in the wrong lanes, he made a gun movement with his fingers and started making the sounds of shooting people as he drove.  Is it just me or are all cabbys from around the world completely mental?  Perhaps I just attract mental people and judging by one or two of you I reckon I'm right.... "How much Fanny?" (haven't said that in while...) I...

"The bus has forgotten me hasn't it" I said to the reception desk lady of La Suisse Hotel.  "Bus??" she said with her head tilted to one side and a puzzled look on her face.  I gently lowered my head to my hands and whispered "for the love of god". A couple of garbled and frantic telephone messages and 45 minutes later a man shows up at the hotel and ushered me to get on his motorbike.  Before I could pro...

A skydive over lake Taupo, Snowboarding in New Zealand, walking Franz Joseph Glacier, Arriving in Peru in the middle of the night....and for all the scary things I've done, finally I have been defeated. I found something, that no matter how hard I tried, I simply could not do. I tried to find a Pro (that's a professional OK!) whom I could simply 'slip in behind' but alas, it wasn't meant to be, not tonight, I was NOT going to be able to cross the road. I ...