Further Bound

One month update from Goa

02.11.2012

I can hardly believe we have been here in Goa for a whole month already. Not because the time has flown by, because it hasn’t, we’ve moved gently with it, like floating dreamily down stream. I just still find it a little hard to believe that this is my life. I’m not on holiday; I [...]

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The bottom line

28.10.2012

Four weeks have melted away in the heat since we boarded our flight from England to India and began our indefinite world travels. During this time I have kind of felt like a migratory bird in training, a little wobbly on my feet, but determined to spread my wings and take flight.
Except it hasn’t quite [...]

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The beginning of the beginning

17.10.2012

I’ve spent all morning sitting in our lovely little house in Goa, trying to think of something to write, extolling our latest adventures here at the beginning of our new beginning. But the truth is, we haven’t really done anything yet.
I’m not even kidding. Over two weeks into our new life in Colomb Bay, we’ve only [...]

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Our lovely little house in Goa

12.10.2012

Just three days ago we moved into our new home for the next few months, a lovely little house in the quiet cove of Colomb Bay, nestled neatly between the well-known beach of Palolem and her quieter neighbour, Patnem in Goa.
We stumbled upon it serendipitously last week whilst out for a drive on our moped. [...]

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The adventure finally begins

05.10.2012

I’m writing this post from a lovely little restaurant in Palolem, Goa. The tables are filled with other travellers, quietly tapping at their notepads and laptops, and the dusty street outside is alive with the sound of car horns and busy workers preparing for the start of the tourist season.
Brightly dressed Indian women chatter in [...]

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A very big announcement

12.09.2012

For a woman who writes about being open and honest, it seems strange to have kept a rather enormous secret from you all over the past nine months.
No, don’t worry, it’s not a baby…
Though it’s likely to be just as life-changing as bringing a child into this world, what’s been cooking behind the scenes is [...]

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Between a rock and a far away place

11.09.2012

Lately I have felt stuck; caught between a rock and a far away place, in that almost but not quite there phase of making your dreams come true.
I remind myself daily of the well-known saying that nothing worth having comes easy. I bob around in this seemingly endless sea of chaos, of boxes and backpacks [...]

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The truth shall set you free

29.07.2012

In exactly nine weeks time Lee and I will be settling into our seats, about to depart for India and the life we have been dreaming of for nearly two years.
Well actually, I’ve been dreaming of it in one way or another for my entire adult life, I just didn’t have the courage to admit [...]

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Boxes and backpacks

04.07.2012

I’m sitting here in my bedroom, surrounded by what’s left of my stuff.
It’s a daunting task, sifting through the remains of a life I’ve decided not to live anymore; to say my goodbyes and start over.
It’s funny, getting rid of the big stuff was so easy, fun even. Listing things on ebay and watching the [...]

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Down but not out

18.06.2012

Time is moving faster these days. Like, super fast.
I’m sitting here struggling to think of something to write about to update you on the past week, because I can’t remember any of it. Last week has become this week, and life flashed right by me before I could take notes.
I’m trying so hard to savour the time [...]

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What dreams may come

14.06.2012

Some things in life are largely unexplainable. Words fail to do them justice, and their existence can only be defined in sensory terms.
As I was growing up, I always imagined that people just knew what they wanted to do in life; I assumed it was an awakening that I too would one day be privy [...]

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The way of the world

11.06.2012

The closer we get to travelling the world, the more I feel a part of it.
It’s an unexpected evolution. As the self-appointed Queen of Dreamers, feeling grounded and present in the moment is not usually my strong suit, yet here I am, feeling fully engaged in the space I am living in, right now.
It’s weird.
The [...]