Firstly we hope that everyone's friends and family around Japan are ok... being in the area we really find out loads of information on the news etc about all the earthquakes, tsunamis and floods that are happening and it feels like there are an awful lot of them around at the moment. I'm not sure if this is because we are travelling, so more aware of the dangers and what is happening around us or if in fact there are more disasters happening at the moment.
What with the earthquake in Costa Rica, the earthquake in Christchurch and now the earthquake in Japan and the floods in Queensland it makes me feel like we are three little characters in a computer game, travelling innocently down the road as quakes happen before us, after us and all around us and yet fortunately we always seem to be stood on a solid bit of land (and long may this continue). It also makes me realise how volatile the world is and how lucky we are in the UK to not live with the threat of volcanic eruptions, quakes and tsunamis. Now we are in Australia we also deal with the creepy crawlies, the huntsmen, the red back spiders which are the size of your finger nail and can offer a nasty bite, the funnel webs, the brown snakes (if you see one you have to run) the red and black snakes (you also have to run, but not quite so fast) and the sharks. We also have a creepy spider outside the front door which has 4 legs showing and has spun a web with a big cross running through the middle, we looked it up and it's called the St George's cross spider... again it makes you appreciate safe little old England with it's harmless house spiders and little grass snakes!
But I guess that's what travelling's all about, testing your boundaries and facing your fears. It's what makes the adventure fun and exciting (and let's face it, it's way more exciting than sitting at a desk for 8 hours a day). But it also makes you appreciate how vulnerable we are to the earth and it's mood swings and puts a bit of perspective on things.
Picture attached of the little house we stayed at in Newcastle
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