Hi Guys,
Hope you have a great Christmas. Say hi to the family for us. Sorry Dave about the Ashes, shame that the boxing day test is going to be a lost cause, but am pleased we've got them back. Sounds like your travels have been an absolute odessy - its going to be hard getting back to the rat race next year for sure!
Looking forward to seeing you both in 2007.
Take care,
Anne & Jase
The Teutonic Swede
I am delighted to see that my favourite quipster is travelling the world again. Don’t give up on the Teutons; they can be quite nice actually. Well, at least those who move to Sweden…
I wish the two you a “God Jul och Gott Nytt år”. (Australia knows how to translate)
Sven
Hazel & Ian
We fly to Perth shortly so see you two on the other side!
Hazel
Dave (and anyone else who is interested) - we've set up an Ashes blog at: http://www.everywherewego.org Come and visit!
Ian
Doesn't sound as though you'll be getting much of a commission payment from the Cambodian Tourist Board!
In terms of the boat, surely there's good scope for a Krypton Factor (Dave - you'll probably need to explain that one)/Grand National event where you have to do a lap of the boat, going over all those freight containers?
Hide and seek might use up a fair portion of the day as well....
Hazel
Great stuff as ever guys! When does the boat leave? I've been trying to think of suitable activities.
I did think that learning a language would seem a good way of passing time and even offers a competitive angle...but then I thought that it would be more useful on a slow boat To China.
Then there's the chance to develop and perfect some WWF (or WWE or whatever) moves - I'm thinking Annie throwing Dave or something but guess the edge of the boat could be a problem.
There must be some good ideas out there.
Lager news for Dave: Admittedly I've been drinking more Limoncello than lager recently (still in Italian mode) but I'm concerned by some newfangled lager that seems to be being promoted by Carling: C2. They're calling it the pint you can drink at lunchtime, a "mid-strength" at 2%. Mid-strength? 2%? What on earth is going on. I'm hoping the whole country will boycott this shocking stuff.
Marni
Hi guys - have just had another good chuckle reading snippets of your blog. Sounds like a true adventure! We've just got back from Tenerife - not quite the experience that you've been having but a good week away from the rat race all the same. Weather was good for body-boarding, a bit of hiking and some mild improvement on our Spanish. We thought you'd be on the freighter by now but I guess it doesn't take as long to get to Oz by boat as we thought! (or else you're missing the first few days of the Ashes). Have fun and play safe!
Anne Johnson
Hi Guys,
Happy Anniversary for the other day. Can't believe its been only a year. Have fun in Laos.
Take care.
Anne & Jase
Ruth
Happy anniversary to you too! Enjoying hearing all your tales of feasts and strange locals.
Lots of love, Ruth
Hazel & Ian
Happy Anniversary!
Hazel
Quoits surely for the frieghter trip?
On games - Dave, you missed a mighty Midland Mainline poker session the other week on a huge First Class table. You also missed three Morris "Teams" in a Nottingham pub, which probably makes you glad that you weren't there.
