The Flipside I'll see you on

Okay, last post was pretty damned melancholy but I have to say I know why people have written diaries for millenia now, writing down all the things that have been bugging me was like lancing a boil, all that figurative puss sitting around my brain drained out and the relief was unbelievable. It helped me put some things in perspective and realise that yes, I am actually a good person who has strayed from the path now and again. The things I have done are regrettable but they shouldn't make me feel like less of a person; especially in light of some of the awesome things I have done in my life. This first post will be about all the sweet "stereotypical travelly things" I have done around the world whilst there will be another one with just general awesomeness.

Australia:
- Surfed
- Been to both tropical and temperate rainforests
- Travelled across a red desert
- Drank a cold beer at the beach on a 40+C day with a bbq and mates

Finland:
- Walked on a frozen sea
- Seen the midnight sun and the northern lights
- Had a reindeer sleigh ride
- Had sauna then avanto (swimming in a hole in the ice at circa -30C)

Russia:
- Drunk 3 euro per litre vodka
- Seen the summer and winter (hermitage) palaces in St Petersburg

The Baltics:
- Went to a folk festival in a 13th century crusader castle
- Ate ice cream from a tube and drank beer from a 2L bottle
- Shot an AK47
- Took a ride on a bus that sold more tickets than it had seats (we got 43 and 44 on a 42 seat bus)

Central Europe:
- Drank beer and ate massive hunks of meat in Germany
- Climbed the Dolomites in Italy
- Ate waffles and chocolate in Belgium
- Played poker in Monaco (they refused us entry so AS and I played poker on the roundabout mound in front of all the casinos)

 Western Europe:
- Made love for the first time (18 year old virgin, yeah I know, lame) with a girl I loved on our 3 month anniversary in a hotel room in Paris
- Climbed the Eiffel Tower (a win for me cause I'm damned afraid of heights and that thing swayed. SWAYED)
- Danced the pony under the eiffel tower with a massive group (c'mon and ride that pony, ride around that big white pony)
- Drank wine and had a midnight swim in the meditteranean.

The UK:
- Walked down Portabello road
- Went to Edinburgh Castle

Japan:
- Ate trainstation sushi (suprisingly good and cheap)
- Got lost as hell trying to navigate around Tokyo on the metro system
- Play pachinko

Writing out this list has just concreted my desire to travel again, holy crap how is life NOT meant for travelling? Want want want.