Barefoot and Breezy

"Can see it undetermined what I will become -  1. a personality, a writer of merit, perhaps even fame 2. moderately successful normal person  3. a lonely, embittered spinster, whom no one likes, & who has got nowhere in life - me, with all my dreams & hopes." (Age 18) With only a week left of our travels, our plans mostly consist of soaking up the sun, chilling out and watching the world go by. Of course, I can't actually do that without increasing irritability as the minutes tick by, so went on a mission to stock up on some good reading material. Unfortunately nothing in the local used book shops really caught my eye, so I headed back to our room empty handed. It was just by chance that I noticed a small selection of books sat by the check-in desk and felt instantly drawn to a bright white paperback entitled 'A Life Discarded'. After settling down next to the pool, new book in hand, I soon realised this was going to be one of those "c

Vietnam…… what a two weeks!! It would be a lie if I didn’t state that the majority of our travels plans (as in how long we spend in each country) centres pretty much entirely around how long we can get a free tourist visa for (absolute cheap skates ) . As you can currently get a 15 day free tourist for Vietnam…. That’s how long we stayed. Needless to say, this was the first country I was absolutely not ready to leave. 15 days couldn’t possibly do this diverse, beautiful, and fun country justice and the because we crammed so much in the time absolutely flew by. The first 24 hours I was like an excited child on Christmas Eve as I anticipated the long-waited arrival of my mum who was coming to visit us for the duration of our time in Vietnam. I was equally excited when she not only arrived, but arrived armed with fruit pastels, Percy Pigs and ….. NEW CROSSWORD BOOKS. Buzzing. I will have to be quite brief about each of our activities and all that went on becaus