There is so much missing from my blog - all the little things or the not so great things that I am disinclined to include but that in retrospect make the travels since how can you appreciate the highs without experiencing the lows?
Not that all the little things are lows mind you. It's a slow process but little things that spring to mind include being ill in South Africa with a stomach bug for 2 weeks unable to stand up straight due to pole-axing pain resulting eventually in lots of drugs (not the exciting ones) and lots of weightloss (very exciting), an infected mosquito bite, again in South Africa, involving even more drugs when really the ultimate cure was to leave the sub tropical area I was in and find a nice clean urban area, going to Mozambique (completely non existent in this travel blog) and taking malarial pills that made me slightly loopy in the head, being a grump in Swaziland despite a beautiful hostel, country and welcoming staff, again due to malarial pills, not showering for 5 days in Australia while camping out in the bush, Cyclone Ingrid preparations while living in Far North Queensland wondering whether we would survive, seeing parts of London devastated on the news while many, many miles from home, running away from big waves in any country due to irrational fear of a dunking, but snorkelling with no problems at all, being a friend to every dog in town in every bloody country and getting way too emotionally attached, the sound of rain on a corrugated iron roof, seeing yet another beautiful beach the fails to enthrall me as much as it should, the understanding that human nature can be overtly cruel and degrading and yet at the same time experiencing the overwhelming kindness of strangers.
I'm sure there is more to come, but for the time being this is it along with the realisation that the world can be a scary yet beautiful place.
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