I’ve Been back a week

It’s strange, ive been back a week now and it feels like i havnt been away, the only difference is now i dont seam to have a purpose in life. whereas i have always had some commitment to education or work or even a girlfriend, now i dont. It’s brilliant. Everyone asks, infact its the very first question that everyone asks, “how’s it feel to be back?” and “ you depressed yet?” or some variation thereof. My answer is – its awesome! I love it, I know its only been a week and im not working yet and im not really stuck for money just yet however its a great feeling to come back to somewhere solid where you know you have friends and family to see. The first day in london i spent just walking around taking the sights and it was fun! now I’m considering finding work in wigan where i can spend a little time with my family because i know i won’t be around for long.

That’s the beauty of my life right now, it’s incredibly simple. I woke up on the first morning with all my old clothes sitting there and the hardest decision i had to make was what to wear! all of a sudden i had a choice that was more than pairs of board shorts and t-shirts. I have nothing holding me down. I just need to decide where to go to earn money for the next 4 months and hopefully the plan will be to go back to thailand. infact not hopefully, I am going to plan it, the same way I planned the last 12 months. It’s called DMT. I’m hooked on SCUBA diving, im missing it already, so much so i want to go back to do my dive master training and dive as much as time allows!

That’s as far as I want to think right now I just want to appreciate life for it is right now, so what am i going to do? get around as many places as possible and see as many people as possible the past week has been the turn of wigan, next week it’s london, the week after – not a clue! life is simple take it as it comes

Have I changed? did i find what i was looking for? standard questions but the answer is yeah, I’ve changed – no more than most people as we get older or as a year passes, but for sure, I have a light hearted approach to things now, most things are done with a smile and I will just take it as it comes. the UK is a trying place, people are not overly friendly in relative comparison and occasionally you will come across situations that are less than pleasant, but, overall, I’m basically much less of a grumpy get! I had fun and enjoyed every moment but right now its not over, the next 4 months will be a stop gap exactly as it was Bundaberg.

I’m looking forward to January already, it’s going to be a great journey. A train 300m from my house all the way to back to Chumphon near Ko Tao. There will be one stretch that must be done by bus, in Vietnam and no doubt my route could change, but essentially Wigan-London-Paris-Berlin-Warsaw-Lithuania-Latvia-St Petersburg-Moscow-Mongolia-Beijing-Shanghai-Hong Kong-Hanoi-Phnom Penn-Bangkok-Ko Tao.

that took a long time to write and in writing i thought why not throw in denmark norway and sweden (perhaps Finland too)? Basically it will all depend on how much I am able to save over the next few months but utimately I want to be back in Thailand to do my DMT, Dive Master Training. Just get my head down and earn some pennies!