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Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away.

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Liz & I at the Forbidden City, Beijing

OK...I'm very slack at keeping my pages up to date, but I'm just so busy!! At the end of the week I'm off to Egypt which has been somewhere I've always wanted to see since I was a child. I hope it will live up to my expectations.

In October last year I visited China with my good friend Liz. What an amazing experience! My China pages are under construction, so please have a look.

Beijing
Shanghai

Over Christmas I spent three weeks on a road trip around a part of Australia I hadn't yet seen: Tasmania and Victoria's Great Ocean Road. It was a nice relaxing trip and we did almost 5000kms on the road in 3 weeks.

My Armchair Travelling

Shopping in Waikiki, Hawaii

When I don't have the time or funds to be off jetsetting, I love to be an armchair traveller. I often find I can get a great sense of a culture through books. Here are some of my most recent reads, including the country they are set in.

Map of Love (Egypt)
Palace Walk (Egypt)
The Kite Runner (Afghanistan/USA)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Scotland)
The Known World (USA)
A Passage to India (India)
To Kill A Mockingbird (USA)
The Snapper (Ireland)
The Alchemist (Spain/Egypt)
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China (China)
The River at the Centre of the World (China)
Soul Mountain (China)
The Good Earth (China)
Brick Lane (Bangladesh & England)
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (Greece)
Last Orders (England)
The Da Vinci Code (France/England)
Pride and Prejudice (England)
The Time Travellers Wife (USA)
Alias Grace (USA I think)
The Red Tent (Israel/Egypt)
Birdsong (France/England)
Life of Pi (India)
No1 Ladies Detective Agency (Botswana)

Lists

Suffering the cold, Montreal Canada

I love lists. I love to be organised so I live by lists. If I want to read a certain book, it goes on the list. If I decide to go travelling I check my list in order to determine where to go.

At the moment I've compiled a list of places to visit in the world based on the number of 'wonders' to be found there. Thanks to Hillman Wonders from whom I've borrowed the list. I know it is strange and it takes the spontaneity out of travelling, but I love the anticipation of ticking off the places as I go.

According to my list I've currently seen 9.5% of the world wonders.

My priorities will be to get to India and Egypt which both feature highly.

Check out my travelogue for the list from 1-200.

Travel In 2003 and beyond

Standing at the highest point in Australia

March. Travel to the Northern territory with work. Spent most of my time in a small town called Katherine and the capital, Darwin. If you are looking for the typical Aussie outback adventure, then the Northern Territory is the place to go.

April. After lapping up the heat in the Northern Territory for 3 weeks, I decide to punish myself and head to the coldest part of Australia, the Snowy Mountains. We spend a day walking to the top of Australia's higest mountain and the rest of the time relaxing.

June. Once again I'm off with work, this time to Malaysia. Yay!! I spend most of my time in Kuantan which is a regional centre on the eastern side of peninsular Malaysia. Great shopping (cheap) and nice beaches. Loved the food! I also did a couple of day trips to Kuala Lumpur and Cherating.

July. I travelled north to Queensland to visit my family in Hervey Bay. I also spent four days on beautiful Fraser Island. If you want a compact holiday where you can see rainforest, sand dunes and beaches then this is a great destination.

August. I travelled down to Sydney for the day with a good friend. We visited the Rocks and Bondi Beach. Unfortunately public transport wasn't on our side that day and we spent alot of time travelling. It wasn't a problem, because my friend and I can talk anywhere, anytime!

The Road less Travelled

'Colour' Old Town, San Diego

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

-Robert Frost

Intro Updated Feb 28, 2005
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ranger49 Aug 4, 2008 at 4:53 PM Report Abuse

Hello featured Member! I like your Motto and home page. Will be back for more.
Etoile2B Apr 17, 2008 at 12:46 PM Report Abuse

Happy Birthday from sunny California! Here's to many more wonderful years!
DAO Apr 17, 2008 at 12:42 PM Report Abuse

Happy Birthday from Wakefield.
ViajesdelMundo Apr 17, 2008 at 7:53 AM Report Abuse

A very HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you!! Last time I was in Newcastle AU was 1976!! (No VT, no digital camera-HA!)
Karolina01 Apr 17, 2008 at 7:16 AM Report Abuse

Happy happy birthday to you!
Mikebond Apr 17, 2008 at 5:38 AM Report Abuse

Happy birthday Mia! Greetings from Italy, Michele
a2lopes Apr 17, 2008 at 5:34 AM Report Abuse

Happy birthday Mia and many happy returns of the day in you rlife. Greetings from the other side of the world
Dick33 Apr 17, 2008 at 2:16 AM Report Abuse

Happy Birthday best wishes from Hartlepool!
GracesTrips Apr 16, 2008 at 11:36 PM Report Abuse

Happy Birthday, Mia! Cool photo on your home page! Hope you enjoy a beautiful day!
Zanzibargirl Jul 25, 2007 at 6:08 PM Report Abuse

What would I give to get to all those world wonders... slowly ticking them off....