There and back again - a sheeps tale...

Hello! Welcome to my new blog - place of all things travelling and fun :D

Thought it might be fun to record my gap year online, so anyone that wants to can read about all the exciting things i'm doing while they're stuck in university, in Britain, in the cold... and i'm enjoying warm tropical waters, and all things sunny! (or jungly, or mountainy etc...).

Plus, i figure it'll probably be easier to keep semi regularly than a paper journal (which i'm sure i'll do aswell), given the prevalence of internet cafes absolulety everywhere all over the world!

Anywayz, guess i should outline my rough plans for the year.

Atm i've just finished my A Levels - as of last Thursday infact - and am currently enjoying doing absolutely nothing (relatively speaking) and not feeling guilty that i'm not working... After this short hiatus, i intend to work full time and save every penny i can, so as i can strech out the travelling bit as long as possible! I'm also hoping to hop up to the Edinurgh Festival in August for a few days, 'cos it's just soo cool (plus, it'll be an opportunity to see the Reduced Shakespeare Company's new play :D ).

Travel wise, i'm slightly undecided right now - there's just soo many things i'd love to do, i'm just not sure how i'm going to fit them all in or finance them all... Current plan is to set of around January. I'd really like to do a project with Trekforce, involving 2 months conservation in the Malaysian (Borneo) jungle living in hammocks and getting eaten by leeches etc... After that, i'm hoping to travel around SE Asia including Nepal, Thailand, Vietman and Cambodia, amoungst others.

If i've still time and money, i'd also love to visit Equador, Peru and Chile in S America. As well as visiting the USA and/or Canada - though that's not looking too likely atm - but then there's always university summers!

So, um, to sum up my travel pans - i wanna go everywhere! (apart from africa, apparently... i already have plans to inter-rail around Europe in a couple of summers time...)

Over the next few months i'll hopely keep up to date with my plans and fundraising, and generally all the interesting (or not so...) things happening :D

oh yeah, and whilst i remember, for anyone interested - after my gap year, providing i get the grades this summer, i'm off to study Philosophy in Cambridge. That or i'll change my mind completely and apply to do Stage Management and Technical Theatre ;) - can't you just see the similarities?!

anywayz, enough of that,

Hope you enjoy the tales of a wandering lost sheep :D

peace
Rachael