Aimless meanderings

So it's almost time to draw our global wanderings to a close - at least for the time being. In a couple of days we'll board our ship back to good old Blighty and this leg of our journey will be well and truly over. It will have been two years since we last set foot in the British Isles and I'm sure a lot will have changed - but then so will we.

Even if we don't get to travel any more, we've certainly done a lot more than most people have - and although we didn't get to visit as many countries as we'd hoped to, we certainly covered those countries in some depth. We spent 6 months in Australia, 2 months in New Zealand and 6 months in Central America (including a whole month in Mexico and another in Guatemala). We looked after sick koalas, endangered kiwis and neglected Alaskan cats. We learned some Spanish while living with a Guatemalan family. We spotted moose, bears and folk singers in Alaska. We sailed the length of the Panama canal and the width of the Pacific. We trudged through ancient Mayan cities and modern shopping malls. We spent days (and days and days...) on buses, trains and... even more buses. We've met friendly locals, travelers and even border guards. We traveled to the other side of the world and back and never once left the surface of the Earth (unless you count Tracy's canyon swinging or my bridge jumping).

In a week or two we'll be back in Scotland and looking once again for gainful employment. Once again real life will intrude upon our existence. Hopefully it won't be for too long.