Matisyahu's Blog

I should have posted it yesterday when I did arrive back in New Zealand but I was so exhausted after almost 32 hours of non stop travel (including the waiting at London, Dubai and Brisbane). I did sleep on the plane but the sleep was horrible with the constant waking up, the uncomfortable chair (I was in business class which softened the worst parts of travelling but honestly if there was a train that went through the earth and took 4 days to get there and I was staying in a Caledonian Sleeper room (link) then I’d sooner for the train option).

It was a great experience overall but over there I ended up getting a chest infection (it started in the first leg of the flight), the made worse with stress and anxiety while travelling but lucky I was able to speak to a doctor who gave me some medication which cleared it up within 5 days..or so I thought. I was cruising along with the bus feeling quite good about myself that although others were coughing on the bus that I should be all good…until I wasn’t which meant the last few days were horrible and travelling back made even worse being sick – constant coughing up phlegm etc. I’m taking a rest over the next few days but if it ain’t cleared up by Monday I’ll head to the doctors office and advise him what happened in the UK, the medication I received and whether it is the same thing I gotten again.

Would I go for another intense one month trip again? no, I think for me I’d sooner have smaller shorter trips that are more narrowly focused where I can take my time rather than rushing between things I want – avoiding the stress of doing too much in such a small space of time. As soon as I am better I’ll upload the photos along with explanations on what happened on that day/that event.