British Friday

Well, finally my travels have started.

I wanted to go to Thailand and backpack for many years now. Since i started working i figured it would never happen, i mean, who has 3-4 months to spend away from work?

Well, providence (in the form of crisis and bancruptcy) has provided me with the very unexpected oportunity to actually make this old dream reality.

The plan is to spend around three months travelling around in Thailand, and possibly one or several out of Laos, Kambodia and Vietnam. Indonesia and other destinations have also been considered and while not impossible seem quite unlikely at this point.

Friends told me that i could find cheaper flights going out from London than from Barcelona. Which proved to be true. So im currently in stage one of my plan. Namely staying at friends in London and finally getting to know this city a little bit.

So far i visited some of the most famous tourist sites like Buckingham Palace, Big Ben etc and spent some time in the quite impressive national gallery.

Today im taking it a bit easy, as i purchased some excellent books and havent really read much at all the last year or more. Also England is bloody expensive and just the trip into the city (im staying out in Bromley) costs me a fair bit. So i try only to go if i really feel motivated to spend the whole day wandering around.

I leave again on Tuesday, by then i want to have visited British Museum, Tates, Camden Market and eat at a decent chinese restaurant as well as have some spicy indian food (almost impossible to get in Spain).

So, while i would much rather have had a decent job at this point, i figure my contigency plan is shaping up nicely and should hopefully help me avoid going crazy. Which was happening sitting still in Barcelona playing the stereotypical unemployed bum.

Ill try to keep updating this blog once in a while so that anyone who might care about my whereabouts and how i fare in Asia can read about any important happenings here.