Photos from the boat trip Hey Alice, I'm very proud of myself for, despite the mother of all hangovers, I'm here downloading photos to email to you guys (I couldn't resist Chris' challenge of being on the second person EVER to follow up on an email promise!) but I don't have either yours or Chris' email address! Anyway, drop me a line at lynda_jaros@hotmail.com and I'll send them on. Sounds like you're having fun in LB. Maybe bump into you again in Laos sometime. Take care, Lynda
Monsoons Never fear, it won't be monsoon season all over Asia! It's located in fairly smallish regions and varies from east to west coasts (and parts are very thin. You'll be alright! You want to get rid of one of those 17 pairs of jeans you're lugging around if you haven't already though! x
Silk climbing! COOOOOOL! Glad to see you're still looking stunningly gorgeous as ever Chris - at first I couldn't see you in the group photo and feared you were the person with the excessively curly mop. Struck the fear of God, yes THE FEAR OF GOD into me.
Silk climbing sounds truly amazing. I'm ever-so-glad you didn't set light to yourself when poiing.
Today the weather in the 'Ding was beautiful today, I wasn't quite sure what to make of it. You may well have loved the Cave Rave during the anti-summer ball - it was pretty darn cool, though no doubt not in the league of what you've been up to!
Miss you lots, especially now I've read your travel blog. You take care of you - I will keep you in my thoughts and wish you good things
Froggie
Ahhh! Fights AND Fire?
*Panics yet more*
And I was freaking enough at the Sandflies.
You should know that as I read I get increasingly jealous that I am not out ~there~ *points wildly in the direction of Out Of Reading* having fun.
Love you tonnes
Frog
Oh my. Dude! Scary scary! Fights? Sugar brah!
Maybe its a good thing for my sanity that I only just started reading this thing, but now, I do hope you know - I am going to FREAK OUT BIG STYLE until you get back this green and pleasant land.
B
Hello from staffordshire Just thought i would let you know we are still reading your blogs, and are enjoying keeping up with your news. It will be nice for you when your friends arrive. could you email me one of their addresses so i could send your birthday card/gift with them. A day late is better than not at all!!!! I shall organise your Nan to do the same. Our news Lucy now has a car and i am back working full-time!!! Take care Kit. Lots of Love From Laura xxxxxxxxx
We're Coming Chris! We have felt and experienced the same thing you mention, even though we're very lucky to have each other (it's Ben and Sarah by the way). We're looking forward to seeing you and that country you're in, i forget the name. We will camp the hell out of that mutha. x
Happy Christmas Kit Missed you this weekend. Your Mum, Dad and Richard have been staying with us this weekend. Exchanging presents etc. Took your parents and Richard out on the town till 1.00am!!!! Your Dad in a bar with live music till 1am must have been a first!!! Anyway i have sent your present with them to give to Alex. Hope you have a lovely Christmas we shall toast you on the day and send you all our Love. Happy Christmas Kit. Love Laura Roger Lucy and Rhian xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
if you can get your hands on any remains of the day - trust me youll thank me - itll make your experience that more beautiful - theyre cathartic emotive crust from portland and i have just discovered them. Reading looks and feels amazing when theyre on the stereo.
find out where the new zealand crusties by their records x
From Nan Higginson dear kit, think of you a lot, nice to hear that you're ok, wondering where you will be for christmas, will be sending you some cash. much love from nan.xxxx
Hello from Staffordshire Hi Kit, received your postcard this morning. 1st November. Thankyou for sending it. its lovely to hear from you. Your Nan got hers a few days ago which she loved getting. Bless. I check your blogg every few days to see how you are doing. Christmas how are we to send your gifts. Do let us know and a phone number for christmas day!! Can't wait for sept 08 when we see you again! but enjoy yourself and keep safe. { how boring } Love Laura.
Im glad you were not arrested. What would I have told your mum and dad? You seem to have done more in NZ than I have, but hey as a responsible!!! teacher.....yeah you know the crap. just to remind you that I am heading North Dec 10 for 2 months so you are on your own kid! not that I could do much anyway........Enjoy.
I though with your vast experience of crazy women (starting with that girl from Barrow Island if i recall) you'd have worked out crazy women=bad by now! That sustainable community sounds very you though and i'm very muchg liking the randomness of your trip.
I heard from Sean the other day - just missed him in Cumbria cos i'm back this weekend and he was last.
Life in Manchester going well - I'm getting involved in Manchester lawyers shit ie going to to work then getting free drinks off law firms to meet other lawyers and playing football with them etc. with them.
Most people at work excellent so far but most of mates from uni off travelling soon so soon Sean and I will b only people left in whole of the UK I think : ((
Keep up the randomness : ))
Good Good Hey honey, nice to hear you're jut wombling abut in NZ.
Things sound like they're shaping up just fine so don't panic about making the most of your time- you will, and there will be plenty of opportunities to do even more than you dreamed possible.
Things here are .... ok. I'm in London with MArn at the moment having a lovely time but I had a turbulent evening with Simon last week- lots of booze, throwing up and a late night.
Zark is ponying about being his usual dude self and cheering me ap and trying to keep me on the straight and narrow!!! Work is good but the bank is being a total wankshaft of an organisation, making things really awkward and incredibly difficult for me, but i shall fight them with everything I've got and some of the things that i haven't and everything will be fine.
Good to hear you've got yourself a job and a band- listening to you shouting and screaming and being a front man would be an interesting experience.
Oh, don't wait for uas to come out- I meaqn, me and Alice are still obvoiusly coming out to see you along with lots of your other friends I'm sure, but don't wait for us to go exploring; go crazy on your own too!
Random That blog is perfectly random, I love it.
Glad to see your joining us folks who spend all their time thinking about food:D
I'm hungover at work so I'm reading this instead of working!
x
Organisation Wow honey that all sounds amazing. I think in most of the countries on the planet except the Uk and the US they see the world similarly to the Kiwi's, its just us on our little cold windswpet island!! Thats certainly been my experience (though limited)
Are you making lots of friends and stuff like that and whats the weather like there?
Things in Ellie land remain fairly bollocks. I think I'm in love with two men, i might have skin cancer, I'm still broke and the car is still busted.
But its all mostly under control- the skin cancer thing is the scariest part and I'm going into hospital next week to have it looked at. Money issues are (VERY) slowly sorting themselves out as is the car and the bank, and as for the men- I'm happy where I am and know most definately that the grass is not greener on the other side, its more like an interesting shade of yellow. Which sometimes invites me to go exploring. But I'm not and I haven't and I shan't.
All my love, wishing i was a million miles away somewhere exciting too (not that that would solve any of my issues at the moment!)
I'm liking this blog thing or not I am sat in my office in Manchester, being kept at my first "lunch at desk" fiasco by the lovely northern rain, so thought I'd see how you were getting on. Well it seems, I am extremely jealous of the juxaposition in our circumstances! (look I used a v long word, worthy of a lawyer).
Glad your shit seems to be coming together well, work is going well for me; very interesting but knackering getting up so early. I'm off into prison by myself tomorrow to see a client, extreme fun - they better let me out again!
Suz forced me to play guitar hero with her brother for 4 hours the other Sunday, I'm in my element : )) Don't think my housemate is so keen on it yet, but it will grow on him.
Stop putting kisses at the end of your messages, it worries me.
Lynda Jaros
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Photos from the boat trip
Hey Alice, I'm very proud of myself for, despite the mother of all hangovers, I'm here downloading photos to email to you guys (I couldn't resist Chris' challenge of being on the second person EVER to follow up on an email promise!) but I don't have either yours or Chris' email address! Anyway, drop me a line at lynda_jaros@hotmail.com and I'll send them on. Sounds like you're having fun in LB. Maybe bump into you again in Laos sometime. Take care, Lynda