hiya

yeah, a particular period of my life was focused predominantly on traveling & experiencing new places & things. that isn't an active focus (which i act upon) right now in my life, except for brief work trips; but it probably will become a focus again sometime in the future.

there have been a lot of highlights but overall it is hard to beat the six-month trip i was doin 10 years ago through indonesia, thailand, laos & vietnam. i did that before moving back to brisbane, after 4.5 years of living/traveling in other places, and then gradually starting to 'settle down' a bit.

i'm not trying to make anybody jealous here, and in focusing on travel i sacrificed numerous other things - mostly material things - in the process. i don't regret that! i guess i've spent a total of about three years of my life traveling/living abroard, outside of australia. i've been fortunate enough (or in some cases, crazy enough) to travel in 18 different countries so far. seven of those countries i have visited more than once.

but the last non-work, international travel i did was over 5 years ago! that was with my wife, before i started my current job & before we had kids.

now, i wonder which is the first country to which we'll one day take our kids? for financial reasons it'll probably be somewhere in the asia-pacific region (which is relatively cheaper to get to and to travel/live in). any suggestions? ;-D

~