Paving the path way to hell…
I've been bad, well not really bad, but the kinda bad that I shouldn't have been. Yes, I know I'm making no sense but the other night (12/9) I slept with someone almost 10 years younger than me! Considering I'm going to be 28 in less than a month that makes him 18 & very much legal, but man, he's younger than my little bro, it's just wrong… I'm not really stressing about it & have no regrets, just having a bit of a laugh & shaking my head… J I can say though it was a rather big night, I hadn't eaten much during the day then before dinner 4 of us finished a bottle of vodka in less than a hour. For the first time since Africa (if my memory is correct…) I threw up. It sounds gross but I made myself & I felt so much better afterwards then hit the water for the rest of the evening.
So, I'm happy to report that the drought, known as my love life, is now well & truly over… There's been another boy since junior too & all I can say is last night was fantastic! He's lovely.
Oh, but before I go into details, well I remember, I got my hair done day before yesterday so it's a bit shorter but is now nicely highlighted & looks decent again :o) It cost me about 120,000,000 TL ($110au) but he did a really decent job. All the zeros on the money here spin me out but I'm actually getting used to them!
Now. Back to boy from last night. Simon. He's a friend of Dans. Who is Dan I hear you say. Well from about Petra we were pretty much following the same route as another over land truck which Dan & 3 others (Gary, Carolyn & Linda) were on (they're all awesome by the way & we've partied everywhere with them). To cut a long story short Dan & Helen got together on Turkish night in Cappodoica then since we got to Istanbul they have been staying together & a few of us have all been hanging out. Dan & Simon are Aussies form Melbourne. Simon has been living in London for about a year now & flew out to meet Dan here a few days ago. Day before yesterday Simon went down to Anzac Cove (which is a fair way & made for a 18 hour day). So that left yesterday that the 4 of us got hang out together. We did a bit of sight seeing, the blue mosque & the under water systen which was so beautiful. We ate lunch in the park outside the blue mosque, before getting kicked off the grass; it was such a lovely back drop though. I don't have the words to describe how lovely this part of Istanbul is. Anyway, we came back to the hostel roof top terrace & the 3 of them had a few beers, I still can't do alcohol during the day thing, don't know why. Helen & Dan left then Simon & I chatted for a couple of hours before I had to go get my washing at 6pm. When I got back to the roof top there were a few others up there so we all hung out Helen & Dan came back about 8pm & the 4 of us went to dinner. After dinner we ordered a shisha pipe, Helen & Dan stayed for a bit then made excuses & left. Simon & I had a drink & smoked for a bit then went back up to the roof top to join the others. I actually didn't even think he was interested. About 3am I was like I have to go to bed & everyone else was in the same boat. Simon's camera had stuffed up at Gallipoli so I offered to burn him a cd of my photos (bonus of having a laptop with a cd burner). So that was cool. I'm lucky enough to be in a dorm room on my own too... We pretty much just talked for several more hours then the call to pray started up meaning it was 5.30am. Don't know if I've mentioned the call to pray, it happens about 5 times a day & is bellowed out over these huge PA systems all over the city. I think it was after that that we got a bit cosy but still nothing really happened for about an hour or so – still more talking which was really really nice. It was so nice to be held & to chat. Let me just say this morning was probably the best sex I've had in quite sometime. Not sure if he's going to contact me but he's got my details so I'll just have to wait & see. Poor guy had to catch a 12 hour bus to Bulgaria this morning.
I couldn't finish writing this last night cause I was to tired so I now continue. A few days ago Helen was trying to convince me to go with the boys to Bulgaria but I think I'm traveled out at the moment. The old body is a bit run down. I've got a cold sore & a bit of a cold that's just lurking round. I didn't do much last night & was asleep by 10.30pm but didn't get out of bed till about 2pm today. I woke up & read a book. I love the fact that I could do that. I haven't been able to do that sort of thing in so long it's not funny. I can probably count the number of sleep ins I've had on one hand in the last however many months. I feel like I'm on holiday now & love that I'm able to wind down. In the next few days I have to get my ass into gear & start looking for jobs on the net & get my CV up to scratch. I've also got to go in & change my flight tickets & get them reissued. I've been putting it off, for a while, I was thinking about staying here & looking for a job. Dan, the owner of the hostel I'm staying in, was saying that teaching English you can earn about $1200usd per month & that you can live on $400usd a month quite well… If it wasn't so hard to learn Turkish I'd probably stay. I think I'm just trying to avoid reality & by going back to an English speaking country & westernization. I feel like my trip is over & that I have to be a grown up again… It's kinda scary…
I'm really glad that I've got a few friends in London. Kim & Tracey who I met on this tour, Kim & I get on really well, Kate who I met when I was traveling round oz – I so can't wait to see her! There are quite a few others I'm not as close to that I met well I've been traveling so it'll be great to see them too. The plan is to fly out on the 25th, next Saturday… that is if I can arrange the flights & everything so fingers crossed it all goes to plan.
Oh & mum, I keep meaning to ask you. Did you receive the paintings form Egypt? There was one for you, one for J & one for Lyndon & Claudia. I'm wondering if I need to ring them up to chase them… Glad I decided not to get them to send all of them. I didn't think that they would keep your ones cause they have you're names written in Hieroglyphics on them… Anyway must go. It's now 4 o'clock & I've only eaten some corn chips so I should go get some food… I'll go on the net too then I think Helen should be back from food shopping, her next tour leaves on Sunday, then we're going to go buy some DVD's.
Love you all!
Istanbul – Turkey, Friday 17th September 2004, 4pm
So, I'm happy to report that the drought, known as my love life, is now well & truly over… There's been another boy since junior too & all I can say is last night was fantastic! He's lovely.
Oh, but before I go into details, well I remember, I got my hair done day before yesterday so it's a bit shorter but is now nicely highlighted & looks decent again :o) It cost me about 120,000,000 TL ($110au) but he did a really decent job. All the zeros on the money here spin me out but I'm actually getting used to them!
Now. Back to boy from last night. Simon. He's a friend of Dans. Who is Dan I hear you say. Well from about Petra we were pretty much following the same route as another over land truck which Dan & 3 others (Gary, Carolyn & Linda) were on (they're all awesome by the way & we've partied everywhere with them). To cut a long story short Dan & Helen got together on Turkish night in Cappodoica then since we got to Istanbul they have been staying together & a few of us have all been hanging out. Dan & Simon are Aussies form Melbourne. Simon has been living in London for about a year now & flew out to meet Dan here a few days ago. Day before yesterday Simon went down to Anzac Cove (which is a fair way & made for a 18 hour day). So that left yesterday that the 4 of us got hang out together. We did a bit of sight seeing, the blue mosque & the under water systen which was so beautiful. We ate lunch in the park outside the blue mosque, before getting kicked off the grass; it was such a lovely back drop though. I don't have the words to describe how lovely this part of Istanbul is. Anyway, we came back to the hostel roof top terrace & the 3 of them had a few beers, I still can't do alcohol during the day thing, don't know why. Helen & Dan left then Simon & I chatted for a couple of hours before I had to go get my washing at 6pm. When I got back to the roof top there were a few others up there so we all hung out Helen & Dan came back about 8pm & the 4 of us went to dinner. After dinner we ordered a shisha pipe, Helen & Dan stayed for a bit then made excuses & left. Simon & I had a drink & smoked for a bit then went back up to the roof top to join the others. I actually didn't even think he was interested. About 3am I was like I have to go to bed & everyone else was in the same boat. Simon's camera had stuffed up at Gallipoli so I offered to burn him a cd of my photos (bonus of having a laptop with a cd burner). So that was cool. I'm lucky enough to be in a dorm room on my own too... We pretty much just talked for several more hours then the call to pray started up meaning it was 5.30am. Don't know if I've mentioned the call to pray, it happens about 5 times a day & is bellowed out over these huge PA systems all over the city. I think it was after that that we got a bit cosy but still nothing really happened for about an hour or so – still more talking which was really really nice. It was so nice to be held & to chat. Let me just say this morning was probably the best sex I've had in quite sometime. Not sure if he's going to contact me but he's got my details so I'll just have to wait & see. Poor guy had to catch a 12 hour bus to Bulgaria this morning.
I couldn't finish writing this last night cause I was to tired so I now continue. A few days ago Helen was trying to convince me to go with the boys to Bulgaria but I think I'm traveled out at the moment. The old body is a bit run down. I've got a cold sore & a bit of a cold that's just lurking round. I didn't do much last night & was asleep by 10.30pm but didn't get out of bed till about 2pm today. I woke up & read a book. I love the fact that I could do that. I haven't been able to do that sort of thing in so long it's not funny. I can probably count the number of sleep ins I've had on one hand in the last however many months. I feel like I'm on holiday now & love that I'm able to wind down. In the next few days I have to get my ass into gear & start looking for jobs on the net & get my CV up to scratch. I've also got to go in & change my flight tickets & get them reissued. I've been putting it off, for a while, I was thinking about staying here & looking for a job. Dan, the owner of the hostel I'm staying in, was saying that teaching English you can earn about $1200usd per month & that you can live on $400usd a month quite well… If it wasn't so hard to learn Turkish I'd probably stay. I think I'm just trying to avoid reality & by going back to an English speaking country & westernization. I feel like my trip is over & that I have to be a grown up again… It's kinda scary…
I'm really glad that I've got a few friends in London. Kim & Tracey who I met on this tour, Kim & I get on really well, Kate who I met when I was traveling round oz – I so can't wait to see her! There are quite a few others I'm not as close to that I met well I've been traveling so it'll be great to see them too. The plan is to fly out on the 25th, next Saturday… that is if I can arrange the flights & everything so fingers crossed it all goes to plan.
Oh & mum, I keep meaning to ask you. Did you receive the paintings form Egypt? There was one for you, one for J & one for Lyndon & Claudia. I'm wondering if I need to ring them up to chase them… Glad I decided not to get them to send all of them. I didn't think that they would keep your ones cause they have you're names written in Hieroglyphics on them… Anyway must go. It's now 4 o'clock & I've only eaten some corn chips so I should go get some food… I'll go on the net too then I think Helen should be back from food shopping, her next tour leaves on Sunday, then we're going to go buy some DVD's.
Love you all!
Istanbul – Turkey, Friday 17th September 2004, 4pm
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