Resting, rejuvenating, and reviving in the Reap!

New year, new me! Specifically Khmer New Year… Well, more specifically old me is back! 2024 is shaping up to be the year. Since Jan I've peddled my way 500km across southern Thailand. 1500km from the most southern point in Sri Lanka to the most northern. Spent some time at home with Mum and Dad coming to visit. Worked a little on the way, and spent a bunch of time being back to Becca again! And now typing this from a sailing boat off the coast of Hvar, Croatia. Spending the past 6 weeks in Cambodia just did my soul a whole bunch of good. Found a lot of clarity, a lot of rest, and just recharged with some of my favourite people in 5r world. Living life on my schedule. Eating too many bagels, drinking more than my liver would care to filter. Just finding a charm that I'd sacrificed over the last year to my job and finding it for myself again. I've fallen back in love with music and replenished this enthusiasm for life and learning and growing. Getting creative and appreciating the small things. Siem Reap was beaut. I hosted a Pub Run, so not quite a pub crawl…not quite a fun run. Somewhere in the middle. We run from bar-to-bar. Have a shot, have a beer, and onto the next one. A beaut day and we raised $100 for some animal rescue organisations very close to my heart. Next up was Khmer New Year. City-wide water fights. Well needed in the 40-50 degrees heat! Playing games, falling into Siem Reap River (would not recommend ). No matter how good you think you are at cycling…you’re not. My very best friend, Jared, was celebrating his 50th. So his friends from Thailand, China, Hong Kong, the UK, and his Dad from Florida came to join. Ultimate frisbee, Bokator, mosh-pits to The Anthem, pool parties, fancy dinners, and frisbee golf. What a week! Cambodia Pride tuktuk rally. Pool party day-sesh. Nerd night, nerd offs about hats. Tequila bar and karaoke. Then some late-night tuktuk bar seshes. Life is peachy. It don't get much better than this. Bringing everything back to basics, and loving the small things and giving the big. Here’s to 2024!