About travelling and going home…

I’m currently in the Cameron Highlands, a nice hilly area in the middle of Malaysia with lots of tea plantations, strawberry farms (though they cost as much here as they do in Germany!), butterly farms and loads of jungle and ancient rainforest… I’m staying in a nice lodge in Tanah Rata with chillout area, TV room and Jungle Bar, a good place to hang out and meet loads of people from all over the world. I tried to do some hiking yesterday, but had to stop because my leg started aching really badly… Oh well now, I can’t change that I guess so I spent my day today in and around the little village, eating yummy Indian roti (bread) and having a proper English cream tea (thanks to the British colonization habit…), and sitting in a park full of flowers reading a book. It’s really been the first day in ages that I do nothing but to chill out, and I think it does me good! It’s just been so extremely busy the last weeks, I’m starting to feel a bit tired (well, that shouldn’t surprise me really, after 4 1/2 months of travelling, but it still does…). I’m starting to be all emotionally wound up again – on the one hand wanting to continue to travel forever, on the other hand wishing to be home this instance. It’s this period of  transition that screws me up every single time, when I feel like something’s coming to an end but I can’t yet hold on to whatever comes next… I wonder, will it ever get better?! In any case, I guess I’ll just have to live through it. And come tomorrow everything will look different again, as I’ll be going to Kuala Lumpur for 2 days, and I can well imagine that this city will keep me from thinking about these kind of things too much… As far as my further plans are concerned, I’m planning to head out to the Tioman Islands after KL (a couple more days relaxing at the beach) before making my way to Singapore in about a week. From there I’ll be flying out to Bejing, China on the 25th, and then land in Frankfurt early on the 29th. Wow, I still have lots of exciting destinations left for the last two weeks…!

Yup, that’s it for the moment I guess… I hope you’re all good, speak soon!