What the Hell does "Busted Wallet" mean?
Many years ago I met a man in South Korea full of wild ideas. He convinced me to join him on his dream trip: an overland adventure from South Korea to the tip of India. We called it Busted Lung - partly because of pollution, but mostly due to how completely unfit we both were. It was a year of buses, trains, ferries, rickshaws, bikes and canoes – and one flight over Tibet – and yes, our lungs became busted.
Which brings us to Busted Wallet - named so because Europe is a lot more expensive than Asia. It's taken five years to prepare for this one. We've had to save a lot more money, but also hit some snags on the way: a couple of job redundancies and a cancer surgery chief among them. But now, we are as ready as we'll ever be. When you plan a year long trip anywhere it's usually best to plan very loosely. Of course you need to prepare visas and warn your mates in advance, but you also need to be prepared to have your plans go up in smoke. In saying that, for this trip Dave will be writing for Outpost, Zester Daily, Modern Drunkard, and a bunch more, and they are expecting an overland, four oceans, equator to Arctic circle adventure from Bali to Morocco. |
Two years later we decided to get married near my hometown in New Zealand. But why fly straight there? Why not go overland from Korea as far as Indonesia? A change in Chinese visa rules foiled us right off the bat, so we flew to Vietnam to begin the Busted Liver tour - because we like to be merry, and South East Asia, Australia and New Zealand make it very easy. Another year of buses, trains, a minivan through the Outback, a Jeep from tip to tip in New Zealand, and one killer party in Waiuku made for busted livers indeed. |
Jo
|
Dave
|
All images © 2016-2021 Jo Turner