I'm currently at Heathrow Airport waiting for my flight to Kuala Lumpur. It took longer than originally planned to prepare for my trip, but I think I'm as ready now as I'm ever going to be. I've spent the past few days saying goodbye to friends and family, which has been hard. However, as the weather has been getting colder and the days shorter, I am feeling more inspired about going to warmer places. Airports are dull places. Most of the shops here are desig...

Welcome back to my travel blog. In less than four weeks, I will be setting off again! In a little over five years since I last published anything here, I've worked for three companies and lived in two rented rooms in London, but at the moment I'm back in Croydon. I've travelled on short holidays to Spain, Rhodes in Greece, the Netherlands, Copenhagen and Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands. But the time has come to travel further afield again. Croydon itself ha...

I know it isn't exactly part of the big trip, but it's what I came back for, so... Highlights Some of these might not seem that significant, but there were a lot of low points to make up for. - Coldplay set - they had some really cool pyrotechnics and they really loved to rock out in a way that I hadn't expected. They lit up the top of the Pyramid Stage too. I like how many people knew Every Tear Drop Is A Waterfall, which they closed on. It's a brave act to...

Well, I'm back in England. I have a lot of stuff to add in between so keep watching this space for blogs explaining the time in Australia that got missed out because of lack of wifi connection. I've also got literally tens of thousands of photos to sift through and upload. It's weird being back. The first thing I did at Heathrow Airport once I'd greeted my parents was to go to M&S Simply Food and pick up a lovely pre-made salad and a smoothie. I slept from...

Welcome to anyone reading my blog, hopefully some people will be. It will get more interesting soon, once I've actually travelled somewhere, I assure you! Flying tomorrow. Kinda scared now, since I found out the place we're staying in Hong Kong is in Chungking Mansions. Photo is attached, from Wikipedia. It's this massive building containing about 80 hostels, as well as restaurants, shops, money changers and people selling fake watches and other things I don't...