Top 20 Highlight moments (in random order): *** = top 10!
1. View from the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. ***
2. Road trip to Barcelona for Tom’s birthday: actual drive up with bobby (sometimes me & sometimes Roy) in the squished back seat. Great music, laughs & cuddles! ***
Also Tom’s birthday dinner! Delicious & everyone all cute & done up…
3. Eating in Ubud, Bali. Also, Gili T and Melbourne night markets!!!
4. Zakopane hike
5. Our guided Vatican tour & our quirky Italian guide--thinking we missed out on it was not fun though!
6. Kuala Lumpur eating & out & about with Padmini.
7. Oz road trips, especially the Great Ocean Road.
8. Sydney coastal walks (frequent). Day with Sadie (my cousin) at Mackenzie Bay- bright pink sky! ***
9. Stargazing in the outback, Australia.***
10. Shark cage diving in Neptune islands, South Australia ***
11. Vipassana 10-day meditation retreat, Dehradun, India ***
11. Alleppey, India backwaters day trip and the local food!
12. View of the tea plantations, Munnar, India
13. 'The best marigold hotel' backyard garden time with frequent peacock company, Jaipur, India
14. Choir singing in am @ Machame hospital, Machame, Tanzania (during our medical volunteer month).
15. Hiking with Bob around Machame, Tanzania.
16. Camping at Ngorongoro crater in Tanzania (the incredible view) minus the random wild beasts around the campground.
17. Snorkeling at Monkey Bay near Ko Phi Phi island, Thailand. ***
18. Night slept on scuba boat in Koh Tao, Thailand. ***
19. Glowing night time sea plankton at the jungle beach resort in Vietnam, and my surprise locally made birthday cake in rural Vietnam. ***
20. Diving in Gili T, Indonesia- especially our camera dive where we saw sharks! ***
And ofcourse the random, awesome people we met along the way (now friends) & hope to keep in touch with!—Mel & Chloe, Maya & Andy, Dominic, Markus & Janne, Padmini, Capri , Jill's friends Oz, Jill & Greg, Sean, Kenny, my Oz family, our helpful Orchna guide, Karolina, Bob from Nebraska, the Nice/Barca bunch ...and ofcourse all of the Vipassana ppl...I know i've missed some!
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Travel location suggestions:
Pulau redang, Malaysia,
Pulau tioman, Malaysia,
Sabah/ Sarawak Malaysia,
Pulau Penang, Malaysia
Charles point, Phillipines
Boracai, phillipines
Ayutaya-Thailand, north
Lankawi- Malaysia
Lake toba- Indonesia
Gilli travangan, Indonesia
Kaikura (swim with wild dolphins)-New Zealand
Mount tambarino
Mentaway- Sumatra, Indonesia
Zin zana
Moeraki boulders, New Zealand
Glow worm cave, New Zealand
Rotorua, New Zealand
El nido-phillipines
Flores, Indonesia
INDIA:
Taj Mahal
Holi festival
Jaipur pink city
erotic temple
Varanasi Ganges worship ceremony
Meditation courses? 10 days
Mumbai
Bangalore
Goa
Kochi
Thriv....
Tamil Nadu
Himalayas?--- NEPAL!!!
Punjab region
ETC ETC ETC...
