Nearing the end.....

Blimey it´s been 232 days since I left on my wee jolly around the world and it´s nearly over! I´m literally sitting planning my last 3 weeks and making sure I make it all the way through to Rio to fly home on the 17th! The bloody 17th!!!

What a trip!

Someone asked ´Have I found myself?´ . Not sure I was ever looking!! I do know however that..... I´ve found myself stranded up a 130 foot tree, staring out a wild bull elephant, found myself not more than 2 foot from a toilet for a week, found myself eating an ant´s egg omelet, found myself jumping out of a plane, found myself in snow capped mountains, found myself passed out on a Thailand beach, and finally found myself a lot more chilled out and with a tonne of new friends. Which is nice!

So there we have it, the final few weeks! It puts me in a strange mood thinking about it! On one side I´m scared about returning to all the bills and slipping back into old habits. I´m also in a bit of a sad place with my dream of a south American photography portfolio dashed due to ´technical problems´ but at the same time feeling it´s something I can cope with. After all, I´ve re-awakened my passion and I know it wont fade away when I get back but rather grow into something more fun. There´ll be other opportunities in the future - it´s a big world! Oh and I also have about 3000 other shot which I´ll make sure are ready for the slide shows on my return.

But all that aside, I´m REALLY looking forward to coming home and thoughts of extending my trip are causing some serious deliberations.

Firstly I need to make some money ( let me know if anyone needs a barman, chef, glass washer, photographer, project manager, doorman or pimp). Secondly I cant wait to catch up with friends and family. It´s funny, the minute I left Cardiff I realised how much I was leaving behind and since then I´ve been really looking forward to bumping into you all again soon. Also this strange thing called facebook.com has exploded in my travelling face. Who would of thought I could actually find something which made it easy for my lazy arse to stay in contact with people! And with so many people popping out of the wood work I´m really looking forward to catching up with old friends who I haven´t seen for ages.

So there we go, enough for now. I´ll spare you the details of my voyage and leave that for my blog except for saying I´ve just been through Chile, Peru, Argentina and now a bit of Bolivia before heading to Brazil in a week or two. Tho blog is horribly out of date but give me a day or two and check back (it´s just that I don't want to be stuck in front of a computer in my last months!)

As for the photos! Don't ask! http://www.flickr.com/photos/ade_taylor

Catch you all soon and dont forget to get the Strongbow in the fridge.


Ade

PS... Lessons from this trip...

- Never eat a melted ice cream from Machupicchu
- Who the hell needs more than 3 pairs of pants and socks
- A 23 hour bus trip can be done, but strong over the counter medicines help!
- Donkey poo smells way worse than a llama´s