Welcome to my first blog! This is a bit daunting but also exciting, especially as today is my last day of being employed! Tomorrow I am officially a dirt-bag bum. Ok, maybe not the dirt-bag part. At least not yet. I still have a house to live in and I'm not scrounging off other people yet.
I have been on annual leave from my job as a paramedic for the last 4 weeks and have been enjoying myself tramping in the South Island, sorting and throwing out old things and junk that collects over time and slowly starting to unwind from being at work.
As my boyfriend Justin and I have just tramped the Routeburn Track (absolutely beautiful, highly recommend it to everyone) and ended up running the last 45 mins of it to catch the shuttle (we had been doodling along taking lots of photos when we realised we would be late), I have realised that maybe, possibly I could actually run the whole thing. It is 32km long so a lot of training will be needed as I haven't run since I was at uni. However, I have got back to Auckland, read several books on running, talked to several friends who run and now have brought a pair of running shoes. I have even been on my first 2 runs! More will follow in order to achieve my goal. I'm not actually sure if I will get to run the Routeburn before we go overseas in a few months as I am training from scratch and don't want to overdo it. Can I go from 0km to 32km in 10 weeks? I don't know but I suppose I will find out.
So travelling...it has been a dream of mine since I was very young to travel the world. One of my earliest memories is telling my parents I was going to go to Africa. You can imagine their caution and fears. I managed to go to Singapore when I was 13, and convinced my parents I should go on exchange to Ecuador when I was 16 for a year. I did eventually get to Africa when I was 25. I was only supposed to go for one month but loved it so much I stayed another month until my money ran out and I was offered a job as a ambulance officer in Auckland. Between times I have also traveled to parts of Thailand, England, Spain, France, Italy, Morocco, Australia, USA, and last year to Nepal and Tibet. If you figure it out I have been to every continent except Antarctica, but that too will come I'm sure.
The travel Justin and I are about to embark on is a year around the world, or however far we get before the money runs out. The plan is to start in Korea, and work our way south in to Asia then west overland into Turkey. Then into Africa and Europe. This plan also depends on the political situations of the various countries when we get there. We will just have to wait and see.
I have been on annual leave from my job as a paramedic for the last 4 weeks and have been enjoying myself tramping in the South Island, sorting and throwing out old things and junk that collects over time and slowly starting to unwind from being at work.
As my boyfriend Justin and I have just tramped the Routeburn Track (absolutely beautiful, highly recommend it to everyone) and ended up running the last 45 mins of it to catch the shuttle (we had been doodling along taking lots of photos when we realised we would be late), I have realised that maybe, possibly I could actually run the whole thing. It is 32km long so a lot of training will be needed as I haven't run since I was at uni. However, I have got back to Auckland, read several books on running, talked to several friends who run and now have brought a pair of running shoes. I have even been on my first 2 runs! More will follow in order to achieve my goal. I'm not actually sure if I will get to run the Routeburn before we go overseas in a few months as I am training from scratch and don't want to overdo it. Can I go from 0km to 32km in 10 weeks? I don't know but I suppose I will find out.
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| Lake McKenzie, Routeburn Track |
So travelling...it has been a dream of mine since I was very young to travel the world. One of my earliest memories is telling my parents I was going to go to Africa. You can imagine their caution and fears. I managed to go to Singapore when I was 13, and convinced my parents I should go on exchange to Ecuador when I was 16 for a year. I did eventually get to Africa when I was 25. I was only supposed to go for one month but loved it so much I stayed another month until my money ran out and I was offered a job as a ambulance officer in Auckland. Between times I have also traveled to parts of Thailand, England, Spain, France, Italy, Morocco, Australia, USA, and last year to Nepal and Tibet. If you figure it out I have been to every continent except Antarctica, but that too will come I'm sure.
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| A giraffe in South Africa |
The travel Justin and I are about to embark on is a year around the world, or however far we get before the money runs out. The plan is to start in Korea, and work our way south in to Asia then west overland into Turkey. Then into Africa and Europe. This plan also depends on the political situations of the various countries when we get there. We will just have to wait and see.
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