Somewhere between Ho Chi Minh and Hoi An, Vietnam: The sleeper train to Da Nang wasn’t half as bad as I imagined it to be. Ok, so it wasn’t the ritz; the mattress was hard and the bed clothes a little musty; and because my backpack had taken up half the space of the bed, … More Day Six and a Change of Pace
Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam: Filled with intrepidation surrounding my impending debut sleeper train journey that would set off for Da Nang that afternoon; a journey that would take 18 long hours and required getting some shut eye overnight on a bunk in a cramped cabin; a journey I had no idea how to prepare for, … More Day Five and Time to Move Along
Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam: What I thought was going to be a pretty relaxed and lazy Saturday in Ho Chi Minh turned out to be just as eventful as the previous two days. I’d booked to go on a trip to the Cu Chi Tunnels that afternoon so had most of the morning free to … More Day Three in SE Asia – Underprepared and Very, Very Sweaty
So as I sit here, in the same airport I sat in almost three years ago, drinking the same wine, contemplating life, waiting for a plane to take me to my next destination, I can’t help but feel like I’ve come full circle. Not full circle in the sense that the journey has ended and … More Australia, You’ve Been Everything.
The end of the road in Marvel Loch came on Monday 10th October 2016 and if I was to say the last eight weeks had been uneventful then I’d be lying. At times it may have felt like I’d been imprisoned, cut off from the outside world, lacking in information and sensory overload, carrying out … More And Just Like That, It Was Over
It’s the beginning of week seven here in Marvel Loch and although I’m excited slash nervous slash a tad apprehensive about heading to Melbourne in a few weeks, believe it or not I’ll also be quite sad to leave this little place I’ve come to call home. The next two weeks are sure to pass … More Day 42 In Marvel Loch: And Now The End Is Near
On Tuesday night we had a fire. Don’t worry though, it wasn’t an actual “my house is burning down, save the kids and that photo of Aunty Beryl” kind of fire; exciting things like that don’t happen in Marvel Loch. No, this was a pit fire. A pit fire in the bush…with alcohol! Trine and … More Days all blend together in good old Marvel Loch
I met a boy about two years ago now and fell for his wit and charm. We didn’t know one another, we hadn’t conversed but I knew, I felt all the alarms. When we finally spoke, my head was a flutter, heart racing, palms sweaty, mumbled words I did utter. He played it cool, nonchalant … More I fall in love too easily
Disclaimer: the information in this post is mainly sourced from a purely observational perspective; and from subsequent internet research; from watching how people behave and interact, and from talking to members of certain communities, towns and demographics, and in no way claim to be the absolute truth; merely an opinion based upon observational findings. I … More Shall We Have A Chat About Aboriginal People?
I have contemplated the irony of love for a while now; well, the irony of love that seems to apply to me anyway. I have also spent many a night (and day) contemplating ‘the journey’ and wishing things would turn out the way I’ve dreamed they would, instead of having to deal with the cold, … More The Irony Of Love
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