Globe Trotter: Europe, the Middle East, and South East Asia
Spring is a busy time for me this year. I'll be back in the Netherlands for two nights for school and then ten days later I'll be doing my first long solo trip, 13 days through the Middle East and South East Asia. I fly from Lyon to Dubai, where I overnight and then head on to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. I'll be in Vietnam for two nights by myself until my tour starts up. I booked through G Adventures and spent 880E for the tour (which was very pricey to me but I valued safety and convenience for my first Asia trip). The cost includes a car transfer to my hotel the first night (35E) and two nights (80E) at the hotel before the tour starts, plus all the normal stuff.
Two more nights will be staying in Vietnam before heading off to Cambodia for 2 nights in Phnom Penh, 3 nights in Siem Reap/Ankor Wat, and 1 night in Bangkok, Thailand.
After I return I have a few weeks then I move to England for a month for university work where I plan on getting to every country in the British Isles. :)
To be honest, I'm probably packing in too much in too short a time, but I had this image in my head of getting to 24 countries before finishing my degree and the next phase of my life starts. Crazy and a bit pretentious, but there it is. If you had told me when I was a kid that I'd get the chance to travel the world, live overseas, and experience all I have, I'd have told you that you were crazy. I was certain I'd be a teacher, living in the 'burbs, married with 2.5 kids and a dog (and probably a cat, although they don't care for me). Now I'm not sure how to reconcile the image I had for myself as a kid to the one I am living, or the one I am trying to coax into being.
How does one define the future? By goals to be met, a giant to-do list for the universe or by money to accumulate like a Pharaoh for the afterlife? I like lists as much as the next person, but my brain is way to chaotic to actually complete one and I'm not sure I'm going to get a retirement, let alone an enjoyable afterlife. So what do I do?
At the moment, I supplement all these uncomfortable life choices and questions into my next trip, and the one after that, and the one after that, because if nothing else, I know how to click 'purchase' on an airline site.
To be honest, I'm probably packing in too much in too short a time, but I had this image in my head of getting to 24 countries before finishing my degree and the next phase of my life starts. Crazy and a bit pretentious, but there it is. If you had told me when I was a kid that I'd get the chance to travel the world, live overseas, and experience all I have, I'd have told you that you were crazy. I was certain I'd be a teacher, living in the 'burbs, married with 2.5 kids and a dog (and probably a cat, although they don't care for me). Now I'm not sure how to reconcile the image I had for myself as a kid to the one I am living, or the one I am trying to coax into being.
How does one define the future? By goals to be met, a giant to-do list for the universe or by money to accumulate like a Pharaoh for the afterlife? I like lists as much as the next person, but my brain is way to chaotic to actually complete one and I'm not sure I'm going to get a retirement, let alone an enjoyable afterlife. So what do I do?
At the moment, I supplement all these uncomfortable life choices and questions into my next trip, and the one after that, and the one after that, because if nothing else, I know how to click 'purchase' on an airline site.
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