I saw a number of funky things too:

• sea lions
• seals
• loads of odd birds (Oz has the oddest)
• an island in an island in an island
• an octopus
• loads and loads of crazy fish
• koalas
• kangaroo
• monitor lizards
• dingos
• huge spiders
• jellyfish
• the most beautiful scenes I’ve ever seen
• LotR props
• turtles
• the best museum exhibition I’ve ever seen
• sharks
• dolphins
• tarsiers
• glaciers
• the world’s tallest building
• a huge python
• water buffalo
• lots of different sorts of monkeys
• guises
• glow-worms
• elephants
• fireflies
• ostriches
• a colossal number of bats
• loads of temples

I also lost a number of things along the way, I can remember a handful of them:

• 3 bottles of soap
• 1 pair of trousers
• 3 socks
• 1 t-shirt
• 2 toothbrushes
• 3 bottles of conditioner
• 2 credit cards
• 6 sunglasses
• 1 pair of flip flops
• 1 pair of swimming shorts
• 5 chargers
• my sanity

As expected general wear and tear also took its toll, I managed to break:

• 2 backpacks
• 1 tent
• 1 inflatable pillow
• 1 pair of trail running shoes
• 1 pair of elastic laces
• 1 tablet’s screen
• countless usb cables
• 1 ukulele

Other details of note include:

• 28 scuba dives and am now qualified to the level of an advanced open water diver!
• Bungee jumped 134m (that’s 8-9 seconds freefall)!
• Climbed copious mountains!
• Racked up about 12 hours of surfing.
• Learnt some Thai and Cambodian.
• Actually used my sign language knowledge
• Learnt how to cook some delicious Thai food.
• Fell in love with Thai food!
• Got bitten hundreds of times…
• Got lost many many times.
• Rafted the world’s tallest commercial white water rafting waterfall.
• Did 5 NZ “Great Walks”
• Peed into Mount Doom
• Did lots of kayaking
• Read 16 books
• Slung my hammock up all over everywhere!
• Did loads of snorkeling, including with 4 turtles (over 3 continents)
• Spent hundreds of hours on public transport
• Experienced many different cultures
• Met loads of lovely people.
  …

All in all, I thoroughly enjoyed myself 🙂