I am Thompson Boy: Away under the sun

Will be back soon. Or better still, never.

Who's thompsonboy?

Instead of wishing I could see the world or be like those lucky bitches on travel programs, I am going to do something about it.

This is me, in my early 30s, gay and Asian and trying to backpack my way to a RTW trip.

Where am I going and when
FAQ - why am I doing this?

I used to work at J. Walter Thompson (advertising agency rebranded as JWT and now rebranded again as J. Walter Thompson) but back in the days, it was called Thompson and boys who work there well, naturally are Thompsonboys (duh).

Sharmine Ishak Eats the World

Go where

Taipei, Taichung - TAIWAN

Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Koh Samui, Koh Lipe, Krabi, Hatyai, Bangkok, Pattaya, Phuket, Surat Thani - THAILAND

Delhi, Agra, Jaipur, Varanasi, Kolkata - INDIA

Siem Reap - CAMBODIA

Jakarta, Bandung, Puncak, Bali, Medan, Yogyakarta - INDONESIA

Perth - AUSTRALIA

Seoul - KOREA

MACAU

HONG KONG

SINGAPORE

London, Nottingham, Derby/Lake District, Manchester - ENGLAND

Auckland, Queesntown, Christchurch - NEW ZEALAND

Manila - PHILIPPINES

Hanoi, Sapa, Ho Chi Minh - VIETNAM

Vientiane, Luang Prabang - LAOS

Kuantan, Langkawi, Penang, Melaka, Perhentian, Tioman, Pangkor, Kota Kinabalu, Cameron Highlands - MALAYSIA

Kyoto, Nara, Osaka, Hiroshima - JAPAN

5 months, 23 weeks, 22 Countries, 1 Continent

Istanbul - Cappadocia - Selcuk - Kussadasi - Athens - Santorini - Tirana - Berat - Ohrid - Skopje - Sofia - Stara Planina - Bucharest - Brasov - Cluj-Napoca - Budapest - Zagreb - Sarajevo - Mostar - Dubrovnik - Split - Pula - Venice - Milan - Cinque Terre - Pisa - Florence - Siena - San Gimignano - Salerno - Pompeii - Almalfi - Positano - Capri - Naples - Rome - Vienna - Bratislava - Krakow - Prague - Berlin - Cologne - Amsterdam - Antwerp - Ghent - Brussels - Waterloo - Paris - Berlin - Barcelona - Majorca - Madrid - Toledo - Granada - Seville - Lisbon - Sintra - Porto - London - Edinburgh

83 days, 1 continent

Buenos Aires - Tigre - El Calafate - Torres del Paine - Bariloche - Puerto Montt - Santiago de Chile - San Pedro de Atacama - Uyuni - La Paz - Copacabana - Puno - Cusco - Machu Picchu - Lima - Guayaquil - Baltra - Santa Cruz - Isla Isabel - Quito - Banos - Rio de Janeiro - São Paulo - Paraty - Florianopolis - Foz de Iguazu

3 months in Germany

Berlin - Cottbus - Postdam - Freiburg - Speyer - Heidelberg - Mannheim - Amsterdam - London - Rovereto - Trento

Wednesday, May 01, 2013

Away under the sun

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