Change is as good as a holiday... Part IChange is as good as a holiday... Part IIThe first stepAir conditioner, bar fridge and a double bedTwo of these people are not quite like the others...Hostel in SingaporeSingapore Botanical gardenwaiting for our island paradiselazy afternoons... mystical nightsthe busses are good but not good enoughMelaka, MalaysiaThe CapitalCameron Highlands"damn we didn't make it to a proper destination" stop overIsland ParadiseSeeking Refuge in a tour guide book!Karst Rock FormationsstopoverTraped by mamouth waves... a well needed restSmoggy daysAncient CityBest Markets, best pizza, best coffeeHappy New Year!Gloloating down the MekongDown the MekongWelcome to China!Dali: adventure to the lakeSouthern CapitalThe first MountainPandas!: birthday in Changdu (Ellie)A weekend away!Terracotta warriors and so much moreOver the hump!Freezzzing toesHello again world!!!Vodka and RussiaChita to BaikalTrans SiberianSurviving SiberiaWe're in Europe!Hi Jodi and Tim!We love the balticsstop over :(Little Green Men!da BahnWE MADE IT!The TruthThe move to... My (not just travel) Blog
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While Ellie (my partner of 18 moths) has been planning, working and saving for this trip for over a year now, for myself the decision is deeply rooted in my personality and expressed as a trait to jump at opportunities as they arise (compensating in some part for the rigorous logic that defines me). It was only two months ago I committed to the ambitious journey over land that will take us through South East Asia, Ancient (and modern) China, Russian winter then on to Eastern Europe before settling in Germany for some a crash course in the language. It’s a Journey of 20,000km or equivalent to half the circumference of the Earth – on trains, buses, automobiles, foot and hopefully bikes.
My motivations: to get out of my comfort zone, to challenge myself, to meet new people, laugh and cry, to do something unique, to understand the world as it is (not as it is shown to be). The journey could be summed up as a quest for relative truth, meaning and understanding, spliced with a desperately needed break from responsibility I have so often searched out, accepted and clung to for meaning.
Love, peace and respect,
Nathan
My motivations: to get out of my comfort zone, to challenge myself, to meet new people, laugh and cry, to do something unique, to understand the world as it is (not as it is shown to be). The journey could be summed up as a quest for relative truth, meaning and understanding, spliced with a desperately needed break from responsibility I have so often searched out, accepted and clung to for meaning.
Love, peace and respect,
Nathan
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