Rick on October 4th, 2007

In order to break up a horrifically long journey to the other side of the world, I had a 12 hour stop in Hong Kong. With the build-up to Australia, my trip to HK was slightly dwarfed (what’s 12 hours when you’re planning a year-long trip?) and so I arrived without any plans at all. [...]

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Rick on August 13th, 2007

With the sands of time not showing any signs of relenting their persistent trickling away, I have started to realise exactly how little time I have. The list of things I have yet to accomplish or enjoy whilst I am still in Scotland is an intimidating and embarrassingly large one, and one I am sure [...]

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Rick on July 6th, 2007

Who’d have thought emigrating from the country would require so much planning? I suppose the circumspection isn’t really required – I know I could step off the plane having given no thought to my next move and get along fine – but I feel an obligation to my current lifestyle of structure and order to [...]

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