{"id":3472,"date":"2012-03-31T15:21:31","date_gmt":"2012-03-31T15:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aminearlythereyet.com\/?p=3472"},"modified":"2013-04-02T23:17:41","modified_gmt":"2013-04-02T22:17:41","slug":"happy-anniversary-weve-been-travelling-a-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aminearlythereyet.com\/happy-anniversary-weve-been-travelling-a-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Anniversary! 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We&#8217;ve learnt so much over the last year, met so many people and been to so many amazing countries. <\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3468\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3468\" src=\"https:\/\/aminearlythereyet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/year-on-the-road_bamboo-raft.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"366\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3468\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3468\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Me and Eloise in Yangshuo, May 2011<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Sadly on our year travelling anniversary, Eloise and I are apart for a 7 nights while she attends a laughter yoga teaching course in Bangalore.<\/p>\n<p>I plan to head over to Goa and get a 7 day head start on topping up my tan and taking advantage of the budget friendly Goan alcohol taxes! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p><strong>This is both our first time travelling solo!<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3471\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3471\" src=\"https:\/\/aminearlythereyet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/year-on-the-road_vietnam-bike.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"298\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3471\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3471\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Riding the length of Vietnam in July 2011<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Already my mindset has been forced to change as I now <em>actually have to look after myself<\/em>. 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