The adventure begins…

Ever since I was about 10 years old, I wanted to visit Australia. In fact, there was a brief (albeit slightly embarrassing) period of my life when I even adopted an Australian accent. Now, aged 26 and a ½, the time has finally come! Well… we do have around 10 countries and 6 months to get through before then… so I guess you could say the time has nearly come.

Welcome to our travel blog. Firstly, for the very few of you that have bothered to read this, cheers! We will try our hardest not to bore you to death over the next 6 months with these blog posts. After a failed attempt at becoming an Instagram Influencer (RIP #robroams) I have turned my hand to travel blog writing (although Helen will of course be helping to record our adventures). On reflection a lot has happened over the last 3 months. I finished my PhD and have been to Poland, Ukraine and Nepal (yes I do have a slight bank-account-draining problem when it comes to travelling), Helen left her first job after a 4 year stint, we moved away from Bath, which has been an amazing home for the last 7 years, and…of yeah…we got engaged (yes…not even I am sure how I managed to pull that last one off).

Now, we are sat in the car, in a traffic jam, on the way to Heathrow Airport on a damp and dreary November evening (England giving us a very English send-off). We are not particularly looking forward to a 10 hour flight, but very much looking forward to what will be an epic once-in-a-lifetime adventure! Our first stop, Sri Lanka, beckons. To say we are excited would be an understatement.

We will do our best to post frequently and keep everyone updated with our travels and adventures. So if for some reason you want a regular dose of horrendous travel puns, silly selfies, and an insight into how my brain works then please save the link for this blog. If not (and I really wouldn’t blame you) feel free to pretend I never posted this and enjoy a Rob-free 6-7 months!!

At this point I really only have one regret… and that’s I won’t be able to have porridge tomorrow morning.