The Beginning of the Beginning

This is hopefully a hobby that sticks more than diary writing, which was not a complete failure but close to it. I have reached a monumental moment in my life, I am about to graduate university. This means no more assignment writing, no more having to choose study over nights out with the girls, and of course no more casual work and pay. This is especially important for a travelbug, as even if you are travelling on a budget, the budget is usually more than a days casual work each week.

First impressions are so important, so I feel obliged to say that I do think about things other than travel occasionally. I like playing hockey, watching movies, taking pictures, meeting new people and other non-travel related things. However, I do get overly excited about travelling sometimes. Just ask my friend who receives random text messages at all hours of the day and night every time I have some brilliant travel idea. Or anyone who has, unfortunately for them, caught me in one of the 'sometimes' moments and asked me something travel related only to have to listen to every story I have.

I try to keep it light though. I know going overseas isn't everyone's cup of tea and I'm definitely not the most well travelled 21year old on the planet. In fact, I am probably not even the most well travelled in my suburb, but that's okay. You can't win them all, you usually cant even win one of them. You have to be content with what you have, which I most definitely am.

So what do I have. Well the past trips have been a year in the US, 2 exchanges to Japan, 2 weeks in Thailand and 2 weeks in England.  For the future the formulating plan is possibly another US trip with a side trip to Mexico and a return to Japan perhaps to live for a year. As time progresses I hope more opportunities to travel and share travel stories will arise. However for now I will call it a day.

Thanks for reading.
Travelbug