Update from Down Under
Trip Start
Oct 08, 2007
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Trip End
Dec 16, 2008
Sydney,
Australia
Sunday, March 9, 2008
I am in Sydney. I've been here for a week, after a so-so week in Tasmania and a month of driving through spectacular scenery in New Zealand. I am off to Canberra today, and then to the Outback. The developed world has been easy to navigate, but largely unexciting. I can't wait to dive back into Asia.
For now, my plan is to come back to Sydney in a month, right before flying to Hanoi. Mel, the Australian chicca I met in India, is organizing a fund raiser for my appeal 100 Girls Back to School in Sydney, so I will come back to help her with the final touches and tell about my visit in Nepal, etc
Opera
. Come to think of it, we should do the same in New York. Any volunteers in New York? The question I get asked the most is ARE YOU ON BUDGET? YES, annoyingly so, smack on the budget. I was going well behind budget, but New Zealand and especially Australia are bloody expensive. I'm cutting it a bit short in Australia, so I can spend more time in Asia - a lot better value-for-money proposition.
The second most asked question I get is: ARE YOU NOT TIRED? ARE YOU REALLY STILL ENJOYING IT? Look, I'm gonna ask you this: Are you working hard? Are there 100 things on your I-wish-I-had-time-to-do-it list? Do you need a vacation? Well, I AM on vacation. There hasn't been a single morning that I'd wake up and say to myself - I wish I had to do a spread sheet, I feel like reading an annual report, I really miss those 10 hour days in the office.
I have actually been busy. I have been publishing a story a week in LIGHT since January and I'm really enjoying writing. I also very much appreciate and enjoy the feedback from the readers. The best part is - I am being paid for my stories, which allowed me to contribute $900 to 100 Girls Back to School already. The way things are going, while writing, I should be able to raise enough money to sponsor the complete $2,500 education of at least one child. At the end of the day, you've got to put your money where your mouth is
down town Sydney
. I'm still in deep contemplation of the third most asked question: WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO AFTER? I have no idea, but I still have lots of time to think about it.
That's all, Mates. Hope you are happy.
xoxo
Vik
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Hugs & Kisses, Vik
Comments
Cool Trip
You sure know how to travel, and you seem to like a variety of places, city/outback,etc. I was suprised you just said Tasmania was so so. Was it raining? When I went there it was beautiful I even went swimming in the crystal clear waters of 'The Bay of Fires'. I'll add a link to your blog at www.sydneyfriends.tv/sydneysights.phtml.