After leaving Mumbai, Miki and I had a peaceful twenty minutes on the water before reaching Mora Jetty where we met a crowd of people, all waiting for the boat to take them to the city to work. After very gratefully being helped by some locals with my heavily loaded bike, I joined Miki, who …
A Taste of Mumbai
From Georgia, I made my way to India – after a quick stop back in the UK to visit family, and to pick up my cycle touring gear. Miki, who I had met in Tbilisi, was cycle touring, and wanted to head to India next. At some point the idea came up of us heading …
City escapes
The three to four months I spent in Georgia were thoroughly enjoyable, though I didn’t manage to take as much time as I would’ve liked to explore outside of the city. Met with challenges from both a lack of money and trying to create a stable work schedule teaching English online. There wasn’t much freedom …
Settling into Tbilisi, and work life online
Another from the archives as I try to compress my last couple of years into some short summaries of memorable events… It didn’t take me long to settle into life in Tbilisi. Albeit a very quiet and not-so-social life due to my working hours at the time. I’d found a flatshare in one of the …
Getting to Georgia
While I get back into the swing of writing, here is one which was written but I never quite got around to posting. Continuing from where I left off, here is my journey from Sri Lanka to Georgia, and the beginnings of my exploration of the capital city, Tbilisi. Posted August 17th 2021 I arrived …
Colombo
On my way out of Sri Lanka I had one day planned in its capital, Colombo, to meet some of the Fashion Revolution (FR) team (see more information on the organisation here). After recently seeing that the FR Vietnam Country Coordinator had made contact with the team in India while she was there, I had …
Arugam Bay
Arugam Bay. One of the most famous surf spots in Sri Lanka. A place which embodies the stereotypical surfing lifestyle of laid-back attitudes, beautiful beaches, smoothie bowls and yoga. Having taken a surf lesson a few years back in Bali (where I immediately loved being out on the water), my plan was to have some …
From Ella to Arugam Bay by Bus
I left Ella early, headed for the east coast and Arugam Bay. What began as a successful day navigating the buses, took a downward turn at the final hurdle. This was the point where I inadvertently swapped four hours of my life to save $3! Leaving Ella was a resounding success, with the driver from …
An Introduction to Sri Lanka
I’d said my final goodbyes in Hanoi that morning, sad to be leaving beautiful people behind but very much ready to move on from the city, to explore new countries, to see what new adventures life has in store for me. After a long day of travelling (largely due to a long layover in Kuala …