...another 5am start to catch the flight (aaarrrghh..) .
A few people have started pointing accusatory fingers at me saying, to quote "going from your mums house in Dartford (Kent) to your mums house in Sri lanka isnt travelling Chan...." [you know who you are]... which i concede has a vein of truth in it.. but what i say is, Ray Mears didnt become Ray Mears overnight...he learnt his craft over time, so similarly I have to 'ease' my self into it....
So, tomorrow, furnished with only a rucksack and armed only with a penknife and compass, im catching a flight to Malaysia, to see a v close friend and his wife and to see in the Chinese New Year... i'll be staying in backpackers accomodation, along with hardened travellers, hippies and other forms of human detritous... well ok, the room has hot and cold water and wifi, but as i said, im easing myself into it... :)
I fly to Kuala Lumpur (which actually means 'Port of Mud' !)....
