I am inflicted with the condition known as The Travel Bug. I'm pretty sure it's a genetic problem. My Grandma had it severely, clocking up 52 countries (including Afghanistan!) before she became too old to travel anymore. Other members of my family have this problem although on a much lesser scale but unfortunately I've taken after my Grandma in this regard and often find myself itching to make it to the nearest International Airport.
So 2006, 2007 and 2008 have been devoted to travelling. I have already racked up a list of countries totalling 30 now, so I'm halfway there to beating my Grandma's record. In 1992 I visited Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, USA & Mexico, but as I was only 10 at the time, it only just counts. In 2001 I went to Singapore and Thailand with a friend, that was good, but not very challenging. In 2003 I went to Europe for 5 weeks and had an absolute ball. I did a Contiki tour that covered most of Western Europe and then travelled afterwards by myself to Spain and back to France. In that year and in 2004 I also went to Bali.
Over the years I've done numerous trips to the east coast visiting Melbourne on countless occasions, usually for the football and have been to Sydney once. I've also been a fair few times to Darwin and Nhulunbuy to visit family. But domestic travel does not do much to sate the Travel Bug.
In 2006 I left Perth with the intention of moving to London to live permanently. I had my Ancestry Visa so everything was easy. I travelled for 3 months covering Kuala Lumpur, Oktoberfest in Munich, parts of Eastern Europe, Switzerland, France, Ireland and Scotland. But by the time I had come to the end of my travels, I was emotionally exhausted and looking for a job, house and then going straight into a London winter wasn't exactly appealing. So I went back to Australia, from one of the biggest cities in the world, to a little coastal mining town in the Northern Territory to replenish the monetary funds.
In 2007 I went and spent that money on a trip to Russia, while also ticking off Estonia & Belarus and Dubai. Also went back to Poland, Germany, England and Ireland again.
So now I'm currently back in Perth studying Tourism. Not sure what I'll do when I finish the course, but the plan involves moving somewhere, maybe interstate, maybe overseas. I still have 5 more tiny countries to tick off my list in Western Europe. I'd also like to get in Turkey (ANZAC day would be ideal), Greece, Croatia and Romania. Maybe some trips to Jordan, Egypt and Morocco too hehe. (I also want to get back to Russia again too as I really enjoyed it.)
I'll put up all my travels on this page, hopefully completing a detailed site on each main area I visit. I love my media, so it will be packed with photos and video and also a journal of my travels there.
So yeh, that's the plan. We all know plans don't always go accordingly, but this is what I hope to achieve.
See what happens......