It never quite goes away. It doesn’t matter how much you travel, the feeling that something’s going to go wrong, or that you’ve forgotten something really important, sticks with you till the end. This time, for me, it was my luggage. I was sure it was going to be discovered…
I know, I’m a bit late on this one. It has been nigh on 18 months since I arrived back in the UK from my great South American sojourn, but after writing about it the whole time I was there, and a little when I got back, I never really…
Ahem. Gather round, gather round, dear people. I have an announcement to make – I finally have a visa! Finally my circumstances have been deemed suitable, the paperwork has been processed and my vivacious visage (sometimes alliteration is really restrictive) has resulted in a visa. A weight off my mind…
Maybe it was the wrong decision. After all, it was almost midday by the time I set off, but something told me I had to. The sun had finally peered out from behind the clouds on a day I was off work, and just because I hadn’t gotten out of…
It’s done. Well kind of, at least. The vast majority of my part of the deal. That is, the preparation of documents for my Chinese working visa. I’ve finally sent them all off to China! Hooray! Now to hope they actually get there. So, back in October I promised a…
There are really no ways to make this sound truly awesome. So I’m just going to come out with it. For the last year, I’ve been living… …in Devon. I know, I know, cue commiserations all round, a few condolences high fives, the deep understanding of the trauma I’ve been,…
