Among My Souvenirs

This month, I felt particularly on-brand, as I found myself sitting at London Heathrow debating whether to get on my flight or go to the emergency room. With an opening like that, you’re probably expecting me to confess that this month was  disastrous , but the opposite is, in fact, true. January has been another wonderful month and I ended it in one of my favourite places in the world. So, let’s start from the beginning. Flying over a very snowy Europe on my way to a much warmer Asia I welcomed 2019 into my life at home with my family, dutifully ensuring my New Year’s Eve was the most boring night of my year. Much of the first half of January was spent in a catastrophic whirlwind, seeing me trip planning, trip cancelling, heading to the hospital, the doctors, the pharmacy, and failing the one and only New Year’s resolution I had set for myself. To not take a single course of antibiotics this year. How long did I last? 15 days. My immune system is the be...

What an incredible month! From family time in London to a brief few days back in Sri Lanka, from a perfect three weeks in the Maldives to getting back to my base in Chiang Mai, I’ve been flying all over the world this month! Vietnamese food in London I started the month with a frantic race for a belly bar in a tiny town in Cornwall. About a month ago, I woke up with a hole in my stomach — an event that happens more often than you’d expect. Every few months, I somehow manage to loosen the piercing and have no idea that it’s slipped out of my stomach. I’m always having to replace them — and it can be tricky to do so when travelling! This time it took place in Chiang Mai, where finding anything other than earrings was impossible. I scootered to fancy Western shopping malls and scoured every shop, always leaving empty handed. I visited an enormous five-floor jewellery shop and they didn’t have them. So, I did what anyone else would do in this situati...