Becky and Matt WTI: Bungee, motorbikes and monsoon season
Becky and Matt have added two more video updates. One is from Macau featuring the highest bungee jump in the world and the other is about the thrill of riding motorbikes during monsoon season in Vietnam – with the local (and self-proclaimed) Tom Cruise nonetheless.
“This is my office…”
“Three minutes on the wrong side of the road in a monsoon…”
If you visit the World Traveller Internship site you can catch up on more details via the blog. Becky has written on saying Hello to Hong Kong, covering many elements of the ‘sprawling metropolis’ including the westernisation on display,
“On the high rise opposite from me there stands an gigantic poster of a serene looking Nicole Kidman, advertising Omega watches. All around me there are signs in English, double-decker buses, fast food joints like McDonalds, Burger King and KFC, and all the designer clothes brands you could ask for […] The prices are also closer to what we are accustomed to at home, although having flown in from dirt cheap Hanoi everything seems astronomically expensive by comparison (My advice, don’t compare.).”
Matt has followed this up with a look back on Vietnam; Life in the fast lane. There’s plenty to reflect on, though I was particularly intrigued by Top Bar (anyone know it?) – a drinking establishment that appeared to be someone’s flat and served cocktails,
“[…] which you got for free if you stood on one leg for four minutes.”
Obviously this gets progressively more difficult as the evening goes on.
That’s about it for now… and if you want to be absolutely up-to-date they’ve been in Tasmania for the last few days, which of course you’ll know because you’re following their tweets @statravelukwti, @MattM337 and @BexSTA2010.
More coming soon.




























