Barefoot and Breezy

Arriving in Thailand wasn't exactly stress-free. It all started on our final day in Malaysia where we had exactly NO plans, except chilling on the rooftop of our apartment and catching our flight to Bangkok. We succeeded in 50% of those plans. Our flight was scheduled to leave Kuala Lumpur at 22:20, so we figured we could probably leave around 6/7(pm)ish to get to the airport.... (yes, in hindsight, this was never enough time to catch our flight). Let's just says, a lot of things went wrong. Firstly, we attempted to buy our metro tickets for the first leg of the journey, but the machine wouldn't accept our notes so we had to join the painfully long and slow-moving queue to the customer service desk. Half an hour or so later and we were back on track in getting to the airport. That was, until we realised we were on the wrong train and had to a little circle back to the beginning. From there we had to catch a bus from the metro to the airport (which he had TOTALLY fo

I have no idea where the desire to write this came from. I am not sure if I feel I owe people an explanation of the person I am, or whether it is simply the old 'you never really understand something unless you can articulate it to someone else'. Probably a bit of both. Anyway, for the first time in a long while, I think recently I have successfully gained some insight into my state of mind and understanding of certain behaviours of recent times.  When I was growing up, and throughout my teens, I was very much a happy go lucky sorta person. I didn’t really overthink things, I was content in my own company, and I guess just a bit of a wonderer. It’s only now I recognise how lucky I was growing up in such a calm state of mind that didn’t know how certain anxieties could manifest themselves into my everyday. There was a time where I barely recognised that person.  From about the age of 19/20, a series of events begun to unfold that would eventually leave me feeling qui

After 3 months of travelling around India and Sri Lanka, we decided to take a break from travelling and treat ourselves to a much needed holiday..... (aren't we lucky!). Thanks to the lovely Wessex Wyverns (the team Butty coaches in the UK), we spent our Christmas and New Years in a much more luxurious fashion than we have grown accustomed to recently. They paid for us to stay in an absolutely beautiful apartment in the city of Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, which came fully equipped with everything we have been missing. That list includes a fridge, a sofa, a TV, actual real pillows, a gym, swimming pool and most importantly........ A WASHING MACHINE AND TUMBLE DRYER!!!  Having arrived quite late on Christmas eve, we wasted no time emptying out our dusty, dirty, ant-filled rucksacks and pouring literally everything we owned into the wash. It was the perfect Christmas gift :) We then took a walk down to one of the MANY shopping malls in the city, and within minutes felt our Christm