All I remember thinking was two things – ‘How do I stop myself?!’ and ‘Oh shit, this is it, I’m finally done for’. Note: Originally posted on https://colossalkiliclimb.wordpress.com Nov 2010 For me, the second day of the trek (and fourth of the trip as a whole) was the most dramatic to date. This was the day of…
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Kili Throwback Day 3 – The Rainforest
We already knew that Jambo meant hello and, from working with the BBC Swahili service, I knew some other phrases. Some were useful, such as ‘thank you’ and ‘thank you very much’, some not so much, such as ‘news’ and ‘what is RSS?’. Note: Originally posted on https://colossalkiliclimb.wordpress.com Nov 2010 So we woke at the crack of…
Kili Throwback Days 1 and 2
Having never been to Africa before, I found the journey incredible. Note: Originally posted on https://colossalkiliclimb.wordpress.com Nov 2010 We’re back! In fact we’ve been back 2 weeks now, apologies for the late updating of this blog. Things have been a bit crazy since returning! I’m going to break the write up of the big climb…
Throwback: My Kilimanjaro adventure
So the journey began! We signed up, we spent months fundraising and trying to get physically and mentally ready for this challenge. We cooked African food for a pub full of hungry punters in Devon, we bag packed, I ate a pot full of curry sauce for money, did burrito runs, we took part in…
The day I fell into a swamp in Bangkok
That’s right – a building site. I fell into a swamp in Thailand, next to a building site full of Thai builders. I am certain they had never seen anything like it before – or since. I think it’s time for one of my most infamous travel accidents. The day I felt into a swamp…
The One With… The Mekong Delta
Another day in Saigon, another tour. We had limited time in the south of Vietnam, and I do wish we’d had more time to go further and explore at a more leisurely pace – both the Mekong Delta and also go to the beautiful Phu Quoc. But, having full time jobs, we had what time…
The One With… Slim Jim
We decided to take a half day tour to the infamous Củ Chi tunnels down to the south of Ho Chi Minh City. We figured half a day was long enough to see the tunnels, without taking up the whole day and without the risk of losing a whole “Vietnamese day” if the tour turned out…
The One With… The Vietnamese Rain
After coming out of the War Museum, we went around the ‘prison exhibition’ (I don’t really know how else to describe it). A walk through route showed you real prison cells and photos / stories on the wall talked you through the horrors facing the people kept in these tiny, cramped cells. They also talked…
The One With… The American War
My experience with Saigon can only be described as an assault on the senses. Even on the bus journey in, whilst trying to stop feeling sick and looking out the window, we witnessed a motorbike crash. I could not get over the sheer volume of motorbikes – they were everywhere. With seemingly no road rules…
The One With… The Infamous Night Bus
We celebrated my birthday the night before the actual day, as we had planned to get a bus to Vietnam at 7am the day after, and there was no way I would be able to get up and get on that bus after a night out. However, after thinking about it, we decided to change…
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