Good evening dear readers!
I’m writing tonight to let you in on my latest travel plans!
That’s right, I’m heading off on a new adventure very soon, and it has nothing
to do with work! Hurray!
For quite a while now I’ve wanted to get off the beaten
track and see somewhere really different and a bit out of my comfort zone. In
my years of travelling I’ve seen a lot of Europe, Australia and America where
there are a lot of manmade tourist attractions, museums, malls, parks, towers,
palaces, shops, restaurants, bars, clubs and yachts. I am feeling the need for
something a bit less superficial, a bit less materialistic, a bit more natural
and untouched with just as much history as some of the countries I’ve already
visited. Then a few years ago I saw the Joel Edgerton/Teresa Palmer movie Wish
You Were Here, which was set in Cambodia, and I decided that Cambodia was one
of the places I had to go on my next
big adventure.
For that and so many other reasons I have decided to try to
conquer South East Asia, and I am jetting off for this trip on March 8th!
I will be spending time in Thailand, Vietnam and of course, Cambodia and I’ll
be away for almost a month. I am BEYOND excited, as you can imagine. If not
just for the opportunity to gorge myself on rice paper rolls and phad thai for
four weeks. Mmmm.
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| Planning, planning, planning! |
Because the only places I have been to in Asia in the past
are Bali and Singapore (at the ripe old age of eight!), I feel a little out of
my depth and not totally comfortable as I don’t speak any languages other than
English, and have never been to Vietnam, Thailand or Cambodia before. So I
decided to do a Contiki tour around Vietnam, which will last for ten days, five
days in Phuket in Thailand, three days in Bangkok and three days in Siem Reap
in Cambodia. I wish I could see more of Cambodia – like the beaches *tear* -
and more of Thailand – like Chang Mai – but I only have four weeks off work,
and only so much money. So some things will have to wait until next time!
I am so keen to get going and have already started making
lists upon lists of all the stuff I need to do before I leave and what I should
pack. I only have about 10 days all together at home in Perth before I leave,
so I have very limited time to get my shit together, so to speak! But I cannot
wait – I haven’t been on a proper holiday like this since August 2012! Far too
long between drinks, that’s for sure!
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| Typhoid vaccination - check! |
I know people must think that being a flight attendant is
like a nonstop holiday, and it is, in a way, but it’s still work. I don’t get
to spend weeks on end in any destination like you do when you’re on holiday. I
cannot tell you how excited I am to just sit in an aeroplane and be a
passenger, watch some movies and read my book. To not have to serve meals and
sort out passenger problems will be a nice change! It’s not often I get to be
on this opposite side of the fence!
I will be blogging hopefully plenty between now and when I
leave, and then plenty when I get back, with tales of all my adventures. I am
so looking forward to sharing it all with you guys. I hope you will enjoy the
photos and tales of South East Asia – so please check back often to read about
them! I am not taking my lappy with my on my travels so I won’t be blogging on
the road – as per my belief that travellers should get out there and SEE stuff
rather than being hunched over a laptop missing it all – but I will be writing
A LOT when I get home!
Whenever I have free wiffy during my trip though I will
definitely be adding pictures and tweets to my social media accounts, so be
sure to follow me on Instagram @brindabella24 and twitter @Brindabella24 !
Happy travels!
Jorgs
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