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I was up at Midnight when I heard the shots being fired. I say shots – being British I am not that familiar with gunfire, but I know that guns are readily available in Georgia and it was enough to put the fear of God up me.
I have completed another twelve months of travel and as well as listing where I was, I wanted to look back on what stayed with me. These are moments that I didn’t record at the time. Sometimes because the moment was fleeting, sometimes out of respect for the people involved, sometimes because I just wasn’t there! What follows is a year told in words instead of photographs.
During a week starting from the 20th November 2025, Hat Yai, in Southern Thailand became a disaster zone. People lost their homes, their livelihoods, in some cases their lives. This is not that story, this is a smaller one, set inside it.
I know there are bloggers out there who specialise in the subject … but I suffer enough from imposter syndrome in so many areas, I’m not wanting to add food blogger to the mix. I think after reading this post you will think there is not much chance of that!
For someone who travels full-time, I still get anxious whenever I’m actually on the move and today was no exception.