Half the world in a nutshell
A few numbers 12 years (gah!) in the making3 months in the doing 96 Days13 countries21 trains8 long distance buses (too fucking many)2 ferries1 bamboo raftNumerous metros, taxis,…
Category: Finance
Beginnings and ends, plans and memories
This weekend I booked my first train and my flight from Bangkok back to Edinburgh. It’s really real FO-REAL now. I just have to fill in the middle…
Financial anxiety
From the outside, it doesn’t look like I’ve done a whole lot this week in terms of travel prep. Mostly I’ve been promising myself up and down I…
Here is all my stuff. Please take it. (And maybe give me some money.)
This week, among many other little things like changing the type of current account I have to a non-fee-paying flavour (I Know, I know, THRILLING), I’ve told myself…
US May 2015
I didn’t do a lot of writing about this trip while I was on it, because I was SO TIRED the whole time. You’d think I’d learn by…
How much I’ve spent on becoming a British citizen
It’s a lot of money, people. I have gone back through all the records I have and wracked my brain to think of all associated costs. I have…
Paris/London 2015
So my quick trip to Paris and London was pretty full-on. I crammed a lot into less than a week, but it was good fun. I don’t have…
In which I realise there IS such a thing as too much research
I have two trips I’m currently organising: Paris/London in February, which grew out of the need to pop to London to get a bridesmaid’s dress, and the US…
Paris: Less money or less hurry?
I’m going to London in February for bridesmaid dress acquisition, and I’ve been planning to use it as an excuse to go to Paris as well. Originally, I…
Goal number one: BOOM!
As of today, my credit card balance from my trip to Africa (and from life in general) is CLEARED. So, from now on it’s paying off in full…