Prologue (written 18th Feb, 2018) Only hours after my final university exam, my boyfriend at the time Michael and I caught a cheap Jetstar flight to Japan. We’d been learning Japanese for over a year, but unfortunately my engineering study meant I’d forgotten most of it. Undeterred, we were off, my first international travel experience,…
Month: January 2017
Thursday 26th January – An Afternoon with the Fishies
The sky was grey, but not raining and it was still warm. As I made an omelette for breakfast, Chris came over and we chatted away again for a good hour before I had to do some planning, so we said our goodbyes. He invited me to his wedding in April if I’m anywhere near…
Wednesday 25th January – My Idea of a Relaxed Day
The sun woke me, but I didn’t want any of it, I still felt tired. After trying to go back to sleep, I gave it away and went for a walk to the nearby lake with the intention of waking myself up with a stroll and filling one of my water containers so I could…
Tuesday 24th January – A Bit of Everything
My body ached all over, especially round the top from my work. Since I hadn’t called Red the night before, I called him this morning and asked if he was on for breakfast, which he was. I used the facilities inside Walmart, then head off ten minutes down the road to Richmond Hill. I got…
Monday 23rd January – The Mechanic, Part 2
After springing out of bed to blue skies, by the time I’d made breakfast it was raining again. Bugger. Despite the weather, I still drove down to Folly Beach before heading out of Charleston for good. I could still admire the beautiful beach houses despite the grey day and when I saw a few kites…
Sunday 22nd January – Drowned Rat
My second wet day in Charleston. Very wet. There was no sunrise walk this morning, in fact I lay in bed for quite a while just watching and listening to the rain pounding down. I was happy I didn’t wake up with a pool in the living room. I broke my fast inside the van,…
Saturday 21st January – Sunrise Over Sea
I had set an alarm last night for 6:15am so I could be up and on a beach for sunrise. I wanted to see the sun rise over the ocean, another thing I hadn’t seen since leaving home. While there were heavy clouds in the sky and some drops on my windows, it wasn’t raining…
Friday 20th January – Rocking Chairs on Porches
Best. Camp. Yet. I only woke up once during the night when it was raining so I quickly went out to get my hammock out of the wet then I was straight back to sleep. I caught up on all the sleepness hours I’d had and was happy to wake up a little too warm…
Thursday 19th January – Wiping the Slate Clean
In the end, I had no issues with camp, but it didn’t make me feel any better. I reversed out the way I’d come, trying to avoid as much overgrown bush as possible and was out on the road and away soon enough. I didn’t want to go very far since I didn’t really know…
Wednesday 18th January – Beautiful Day for a Stack
Camp was pretty. I was right next to the babbling brook, but again I had trouble sleeping. I think I am insecure about being camped in a maybe-illegal spot, enough that whenever a car drives past, I perk up, wondering if it is the law. I either need to get used to it or camp…