Hello. I've decided to start a blog about my travels to South East Asia. These travels haven't actually begun yet, but they soon will (8 days from now, to be exact). I wouldn't normally do this sort of thing. I've always thought that my life was significantly unexciting enough not to bother with such indulgences, but due to my soon to be new job in Burma, I thought that I would give it a whirl. I also have another reason to try...
Mrs Waiting (aka The Wife and/or Joanne) has been blogging to widespread critical acclaim for several weeks now. She has had over 1400 views on her travel blog and can even claim a best selling crime author as an avid reader. This is particularly impressive when you consider that the travel blogger in question hasn't started travelling yet. With this in mind, I fully expect her musings to go global once she sets foot on foreign soil. And without wishing to blow smoke up her bottom, it is rather good (the blog, that is, not the bottom. Although the bottom is good too). So basically, she has inspired me to get my thoughts out into the blogosphere. But I have a lot to live up to if this is to be deemed a success. Expectations will be high with me being the spouse of one of the World's most esteemed globe trotting scribblers. So... better get to it.
Burma. Not the first place that comes to mind when you think about South East Asia. Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia, maybe, but not Burma. And with the country's somewhat troubled past, you may wonder why I'm bothering. But I've been wanting to move abroad for a while now, and a rather fantastic opportunity came up for me to work on a new gas project. To cut a long story very short, I jumped at the chance and I'll be in Rangoon next week. I don't really know to expect apart from hot, sticky weather, a worrying lack of mobile phones and cash machines, and a plethora of Buddhist temples and old British colonial buildings. I'll be doing a month on/month off rotation and The Wife will be joining me in The Philippines on my time off. A whole new life awaits...Exciting times!
Mrs Waiting (aka The Wife and/or Joanne) has been blogging to widespread critical acclaim for several weeks now. She has had over 1400 views on her travel blog and can even claim a best selling crime author as an avid reader. This is particularly impressive when you consider that the travel blogger in question hasn't started travelling yet. With this in mind, I fully expect her musings to go global once she sets foot on foreign soil. And without wishing to blow smoke up her bottom, it is rather good (the blog, that is, not the bottom. Although the bottom is good too). So basically, she has inspired me to get my thoughts out into the blogosphere. But I have a lot to live up to if this is to be deemed a success. Expectations will be high with me being the spouse of one of the World's most esteemed globe trotting scribblers. So... better get to it.
Burma. Not the first place that comes to mind when you think about South East Asia. Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia, maybe, but not Burma. And with the country's somewhat troubled past, you may wonder why I'm bothering. But I've been wanting to move abroad for a while now, and a rather fantastic opportunity came up for me to work on a new gas project. To cut a long story very short, I jumped at the chance and I'll be in Rangoon next week. I don't really know to expect apart from hot, sticky weather, a worrying lack of mobile phones and cash machines, and a plethora of Buddhist temples and old British colonial buildings. I'll be doing a month on/month off rotation and The Wife will be joining me in The Philippines on my time off. A whole new life awaits...Exciting times!
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