Travel

I have nothing interesting to write about my day. I'm glad it's over and I'm looking forward to a decent sleep tonight. Medium starts again, but I think I will have to tape it as I don't know that I'll be able to keep my eyes open.

I have decided to do 3 favourite travel destinations and 3 wish-list travel destinations.

The best trip I've ever had is my 8 week overland trip in Africa. Technically it was through several countries, but it was one trip in its entirety. We travelled on a truck, slept in tents and cooked on a wood fire. I had a huge sense of freedom during the trip and felt as relaxed as I've ever been I think. The people and landscapes were also amazing. I'd love to go back one day. I've included pictures of one of the places I visited in each country. Not my own pictures as I didn't own a digital camera then.

Kenya - Ngorongoro Crater


Tanzania - Zanzibar Island

Malawi - Kandi Beach (on Lake Malawi, but a sandy beach)

Zimbabwe - Victoria Falls

Botswana - Okavango Delta

Namibia - Fish River Canyon

South Africa - the Twelve Apostles



Another place I've been is Egypt. The architecture and the history was completely overwhelming. It was really difficult to imagine how everything was organised and built with such precision. Unfortunately Egypt also had some very leery people, but it was still an amazing place to visit.

Abu Simbel

The third place is hard to choose. I used to love going down to the Sounds as a kid. We stayed in a bay called Paradise Bay and all the baches were named after the 3 dwarves. We always stayed in Doc and Dopey with another group of family friends as it was the biggest bach. I loved it because it was a fantastic outdoors holiday destination and I always had a great time there.

Places I'd love to go:

Vietnam and Cambodia - for the scenery - a coastline trip from Hanoi up to Halong Bay, down to Ho Chi Minh City and then up into Cambodia to visit Siam Reap and Angkor Wat.

Peru - to do the Inca Trail.

Rarotonga - for total relaxation, snorkeling, clear blue water and their fantastic dancing (which I just like watching, not doing!).

There are lots of other places too - but they're the main ones for now.