Turns out I didn’t notice that I’d smashed one of the indicator lights when I dropped the bike. Oops. I’m €20 the poorer, now. Other than that, it was a pretty awesome 21st birthday. I’d forgotten about that bit until I checked my email.
Some photos from my ride around the island:
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Greece wasn’t much of a surprise, to tell the truth – I stepped off the boat and was immediately faced with a minaret. I did a double check to make sure that I wasn’t still in Turkey, but I have the passport stamps to prove that I’m not. Still, although I’m only five kilometers or [...]
We picked the hottest day in weeks to visit the Champa ruins at My Son. Truly, it was as hot and sticky as midsummer in Townsville, and despite my suncream, I got a little burned (the first time on this trip). It was a good day nonetheless, although both Georg and I admitted that [...]
I’m still alive.
Spent nine hours on the back of Georg’s bike, yesterday. I think we covered about 160km. It was tough going. We had intended to take the tunnel through the Hai Van range between Huê and Đà Nẵng, but upon arrived found out that it was closed to motorcycles, forcing us to take the [...]
It doesn’t take much to remind us that we, the invincible backpackers, are actually quite fragile. My friend Dafne is in the Chiang Mai private hospital with some kind of fever, tonight, after what sounds like an awfully uncomfortable night in Pai. She still has a high fever, and is absolutely exhausted after a few [...]
Today started brilliantly. The full monty to ease my savage hangover (the horrors, as Jo would say, and my first bacon in a week), then back to Hofp Coffee, where I intended to check my mail but instead spent three hours talking to the beautiful, erudite, and all round pretty awesome girl, Mercedes, [...]