Casual musings.

"Of all Sad Words of Tongue or Pen, the Saddest are these, "It Might Have Been." "

-George Ade (More Fables)

My South American adventure

Here's a vague idea of where I'm going y'all.

Day 1 Arrive Lima

Day 2-3 Nazca / Night bus (D)

Day 4-6 Arequipa / Night bus

Day 7 Cuzco

Day 8 Ollantaytambo

Day 9-12 Llares trail (yes, no inca trail. Boo-hoo etc.) MACHU PICCHU

Day 13-14 Cuzco

Day 15-16 Puno

Day 17-18 Isla del Sol

Day 19-20 Sorata

Day 21 La Paz

Day 22 Uyuni

Day 23-25 Uyuni / Salt Lakes Excursion

Day 26-29 Sucre / La Paz

Day 30 Depart La Paz

This is more or less my plan. I've got a  couple of days floating about which i'll spend in Lima and La Paz but WE SHALL SEE.

Farewell, blog-readers x

These are good. I have too much time on my hands now uni's finished.

Although, I'm sure the fact uni has finished hasn't made too much difference in that respect....
http://animalsbeingdicks.com/post/6489431456/terrier-headshot
Boom. Headshot.

Lesotho

In Lesotho, apparently people wear blankets as everyday clothing. This makes me really want to go, to be honest. I'm odd like that.

There's a certain mystique around being a barman.

I hope I can get some bar work this summer- it's my ideal summer part time job. I can see myself mixing some crazy cocktails. No, really! Ideally in a beach bar somewhere exotic, but you have to be realistic with these things you know...

Oh monty.

"If a blancmange is prepared to come 2200000 light years to purchase a kilt, they must be fairly keen on kilts"

-'Angus', Monty Python's Flying Circus

A couple of days filled with luckiness...

I don't mean to complain, but bad luck seems to be plaguing me at the moment... Not only did my old car get written off while at home and not under my control, but my replacement has been vandalised- meaning I have to get in through the boot now, which is a little bit of hassle, to say the least.
As well as this, my train journey back home the other day was littered with small delays, but overshadowed by one incident of an individual killing themselves on a traintrack in Southampton. Obviously, this person had some cause for their actions, but it meant I had to wait at Eastleigh for 2 hours, which was bad enough before forcing my way onto a coach after arguing with incompetent national rail staff. I then had a joyful wait, at the station of basingstoke, with noone having any idea what was going on for a further hour. And then I was forced into a cramped small compartment on a train for the rest of journey, with a short woman repeatedly elbowing me.
Rant over.
Hopefully that's it for now, though.

The best sport of all time.

FREEDOM!

That's right, I had a Shawshank moment.

Salutations

I would like to cordially extend an apology to all for the lack of blogging in the past few days. I have hit utter panic about exam stage, and as such somehow justified not posting here while still procrastinating heavily. Some accomplishment.
So, here I am, with less than 9 hours to go until the start of my final exam of the year, having revised a lot more than for my others and yet feeling utterly unprepared in every sense of the word. I've worked out I know over 100 cases, and yet barely know half of what I would have liked to know for this exam. Tort law is truly, truly difficult.
Wish me luck.

A childhood hero, who taught me much

"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind"

-Dr. Seuss

When I'm in Bolivia this summer, I fancy doing something a little different.

I may mountain bike along 'El Camino De La Muerte', or the 'road of death', which was deemed such a dangerous road that it was closed to motorists. The stones lining the road are graves or memorials for those who have plunged from the edge of the road to their deaths below. It's a 38 mile downhill track with hairpin turns and all!
I'm fairly sure the insurance I bought won't cover it but.. you only live once!
Here's a few photos of it:

This is not a promising sign, but I'm sure a mountain bike has less likelihood of sending me plunging to my doom than a large cargo truck...
It's amazing. I'll upload the pictures I take, of this and the rest of the holiday when I get back. In fact, I may post my itinerary on here. If anyone's interested, that is!

Cannot wait for this.