travel
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On Burnout
→: On BurnoutI am so burnt out right now. There’s a long list of reasons for that, but a lot of it is just the industry and how women are treated – as one of my friends put it “dudes are just a trigger warning for you at this point”. And this is exacerbated by not feeling…
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I’m Leaving Sydney!
→: I’m Leaving Sydney!From December, I’ll be based in London instead. Very sad to leave my friends and this city – which I still think is the most beautiful city on earth, but looking forward to the new team and being closer to my family (and, to be honest, everything. Sydney is amazing, but remote). October, I’ll be…
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Why I Hate Budget Airlines
→: Why I Hate Budget AirlinesI know I’m a diva about air travel. I have favourite airports* and also most hated airports**. To be clear, I think more competition, and anything that gets more people travelling and exploring the world is a good thing. These comments refer to European budget airlines. It’s Not Actually Much Cheaper OK – sometimes it really…
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North Korea, July 2013: Day 4
→: North Korea, July 2013: Day 4Our plan for the day is to go to the DMZ and Kaesong. We leave early, because it is a long drive and they are strict about when you can come to the DMZ. We are warned about missing our time – I later think this is nonsense, as we change our schedule to go…
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North Korea, July 2013: Day 3
→: North Korea, July 2013: Day 3Day 3 of our trip is a national holiday for “Victory Day“, which marks the end of the war against the Japanese in 1953. We are spending another day taking a city tour – the plan is that we will see the home of the President Kim Il-sung, the Arch of Triumph, the Revolutionary Mountains…
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North Korea, July 2013: Day 2
→: North Korea, July 2013: Day 2Narelle tells me about Koreans sympathetic to the North who are living in Japan, with no passport, but with special schools and a direct boat to NK. First stop is the Grand People’s Study House, where they have 30 million books. The newspaper building has pictures of the deceased Kim’s on it – free press!…
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North Korea, July 2013: Day 1
→: North Korea, July 2013: Day 1Our journey starts at Beijing Airport, which is my new least favourite airport, I think. It’s a tough decision between there, and Bangalore. In the mass of instructions we have received, which I printed, but skimmed rather than read in detail, I have missed that I am supposed to be at the airport at 10am,…
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Hong Kong, July 2013
→: Hong Kong, July 2013I hadn’t been to Hong Kong since 2007, so I was keen to revisit on my way to North Korea. Last time I was spoiled by friends and colleagues of my dad, and had friends there – I remember delicious food, seeing the Peak, Disneyland, the Science Museum (where I discovered my driving was very…
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How I Learned To Love Solo-Travel
→: How I Learned To Love Solo-TravelI didn’t travel anywhere by myself until I was 22. And then I spent a year as an international hobo. It was scary to set off by myself, but I met people everywhere I went – some who I’m still in touch with, and some who were only in my life for a short time.…