I must be the worst traveller of all time! Can't even call myself a backpacker any longer as not able to carry a backpack due to back problems. There must be a curse between me and all the airports in the world. Last time soon as I arrived to the airport to fly off to NZ my suitcase broke! The handle got stuck and there was nothing I could do about it. Ended up travelling two weeks with a broken suitcase. Then in Wellington I was about to spend a night at the airport as had an early flight to Melbourne when the security kicked me out in the middle of the night as they were closing the airport! I couldn't believe my luck.. only option was to pay over hundred dollars to stay in an airport lodge for few hours. Well I wouldn't have bothered to cry about that if I've known what will wait for me in Melbourne airport.. THE IMMIGRATION OFFICERS!!
Yes I am officially one of those dodgy people you see on the border control tv- programme! How embarrassing. I got my visa and all sorted and after passport control the immigration took me aside and asked lots of questions (they are so mean and scary btw it almost makes you say what they expect to hear) and even called Alex and asked more questions. After about 20 mins of waiting and sweating they let me go telling me I need to get a new visa by the 5th of November or I am not allowed to come back.. Apparently not allowed to use visitor visa to live with my boyfriend. There is not much I can do at the moment as me and Al need to live together another 6 months to be able to apply the de facto visa. Most of the visa options arent suitable for me at this stage so we started to think maybe we could live and work some other country for 6 months before applying the visa. So now it seems like we are moving to THAILAND! Can you believe my life! I am so all over the place right now!! My stuff is already in three different countries and after 6 weeks they will be spread into four. I reckon I need to sort my shit out during next year for sure.
Anyways to explain a bit more.. we thought about moving to England, Finland or Estonia even but as I've been having winter for ages now would be nicer to go somewhere warm. Then we played with the idea of Mexico but decided it would be too much effort to try to find work there etc. Then I remembered my cousin and her husband used to live in Thailand, asked them for help and got some contact details. Now it seems like we are getting jobs and will be living in Phuket for some time. Nothing is 100% sure yet but soon as the job situation is confirmed at least for one of us we will book flights and go. Then after working for several months we will head to Finland next May or June and apply the visa from there and stay till it gets granted. That gives me time to get my things from Brighton and organise few other bits too.
Will keep the blog updated from now on and add info about the living situation when I know for sure whats going to happen and when. This stress is giving me wrinkles and big veins :)
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Worst traveller or not, that sounds like a one big adventure. Or do-it-yourself Amazing Race :)
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