Tomorrow I begin my epic journey home… Dumaguete to Manila, Manila to Hong Kong, Hong Kong to Heathrow and Heathrow to home. Not counting the weird going back in time thing, it will take me around 30 hours of travelling door to door! (I had to leave plenty of layover time in Manila and HK to allow for the Cebu Pacific effect - think Asian EasyJet)
I’m excited about seeing everyone, drinking pints of beer, cheese (as opposed to Cheeez), food from Waitrose and shopping in London. I’m less excited about the temperature difference… according to my weather widget, on Sunday Sheffield will reach a sunny high of 7˙C compared to 29˙C in Dumaguete. I can’t imagine what 7˙C feels like! I’m not sure my fridge here even gets that cold. I had to go on an emergency mission yesterday to buy trainers and jeans.
Becks is a marine ecology PhD student, living in Queensland (Australia), Dumaguete (Philippines) and London (UK). Marinegirl is her online alter-ego. She dreamt her up as as super-gorgeous superhero saving the underwater world (if you've seen Captain Planet, you get the idea). She is not, and never will be, in the marines.
It is so, so cold here at the moment.
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