June 8, 2008 - June 14, 2008 Archives

Hey guys, sorry about the dodgy audio. Shot it last night at the wrap party. (A cool night... I was a good girl and left around 12, passing out cold on my fluffy white bed... a real bed!!!! However some didn't get home until an hour before our flight and others woke up on the bathroom floor. Bags not being them today.)
Anyway, back to the bad audio... The pub was pretty noisy. I was going to shoot it again from home but am way too tired now. Have not left the couch. So good to be home... Am having a couple of days to catch up on some sleeeeeeeeeeep. But will be back next week to wrap up all of my movies, pics (have so much more content that I haven't had a chance to get up!!!) and do a bit of a review of the whole thing... I feel a post nomadic case study coming on... So come back and say hello next week. But for now, Nomad signing out.

Rebecca has now finished her epic journey, and she has collapsed into bed for a couple of days' well-deserved rest. But keep watching this space for more films, pictures and stories from her voyage and the wrap party. Coming soon!

I've been shocked from my slumbers by an act of fantastic generosity by the new owners of Virgin Radio. After borrowing Skype's offices for a company meeting and hearing about my journey, they have kindly written a cheque to Motivation for a cool £2500! Looks like I'd better dust off my dare list and strap on my parachute. Thanks guys for a superb donation. For anyone interested in what's going to happen to Virgin Radio, why not check it out at OneGoldenSquare.com

Can't even begin to explain how nice it was to stay in a real bed. Free of bugs, scratchy blankets and 90 degree angles!!! And the bathroom... a urine-free floor, what a luxury. Thank you so much to Skype for putting me up in such a lah de dah room at the Swissôtel in Tallinn for my first night's proper sleeeep! Knowing the state I left my own bedroom in, I really didn't want to leave.

I woke a second time this week to discover another massive donation... Skype has donated a whopping £3500 to my favorite charity, Motivation!!!!!!!!!!!!! Go Skype, Go Skype, Go Go Go, Skype! This boosts our donations tally to a fleshy £6830! I love the pound. At the rate this week is going, I can't wait to wake up tomorrow!

If you haven't already, give your wallet a work out and click here NOW!

The more you give, the more you get back anyway. Go on... Force yourself to feel good. Donate your dollars NOW! NOW! NOW!

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Currently working through the night, or days at least, to get all of my films edited... When I got back to London my desktop looked like a tornado had hit it... everything spread over three hard drives, four SD cards, two MacBooks and a dead MacBook air... It's crazy how time consuming it can be, but well worth it... So watch this space in the coming seven days for a review of the trip through video and photos... can't wait to get them up! Actually taking the time to go through everything and put it all together... it's blown me away seeing just how much you really can cram into a month!!!

The time has come to close the Skype Nomad Public Chat. It has been so cool chatting with you all, both in and out of the room. Have met so many people from so many random places who I would never have been able to meet before... From Ohio to Oman... Bolivia to Burma... I felt like a bit of a Larry No Friends Loner at times traveling on my own, so was nice to have people always online regardless of time differences! Love it.

Although this trip gave my body a bit of a bashing, I was blown away by just how well I held up physically. This was by no fluke chance... here are some of the normal and strange ways I managed to make it out in one piece!!!

1. Hydrate
The most obvious one, but probably most effective. Each flight I drank at least 2 Litres of water.... and always asked for an aisle seat!

2. Vitamins
I took four small Vitamin C and Centrum Multi-V and Arnica every day I was away. Still can't believe I didn't get sick. Arnica is good for bruising and a friend from work recommended it for jet lag! Remember not to take zinc for too long as it can build up and do bad things to your bod.

3. Body Clock Corrections
Pam Mountfield has developed an awesome Jet Lag cure using ancient Chinese meridian points called 'Body Clock Corrections'. They are super simple exercises you do during your flight and once you land but make a massive difference in how quickly your body adapts to the local time zones. I wouldn't be surprised if an airline snaffles this one up if they haven't already.

4. Sleepeaze Herbal sleeping tablets
My sleep time was precious and minimal, so I needed to make sure every second counted. But I also needed to be on the ball as soon as I woke, so sleeping tablets were not an option... they mess way too much with my body... So I found some really cool herbal sleeping tablets that basically just relax you into more of a sleepy state.

5. Eye mask & good ear plugs
Not naturally a good nanna-napper, I often needed to catch sleep whenever I could find it... whether that be on a plane, on a noisy train, in the middle of the day on a bus, or on the deck of a boat in the Baltic sea.

6. Jin Shin Jyutsu (JSJ for short)
While flying I balanced my body through pressure points by holding each of my fingers and steadying my pulses... sounds strange I know, but amazingly it works! Basically, you just hold each of your fingers one at a time so you can feel the pulse. Hold each for about 30 seconds or until your pulse steadies to a normal rate. (You may find that one is more rapid than the other). You can balance your whole body by doing the main central exercise, but I like the hand option because you can be doing it without anyone knowing and thinking you are a freak!

7. Holosync audio technology
Centrepoint research has developed meditation tracks using special sound waves. Basically they activate a different part of your brain that is only active when you are sleeping. I think it's like that REM state. Whatever it is, it seriously drops you into a super chilled out zone in no time at all. 20 minutes listening to one of the tracks is apparently equivalent to a couple of hours sleep. I made sure I fell asleep listening to this cd on my IPOD and sometimes woke up after just 2 hours feeling quite fresh!