so, 27th sept, michelle started work at kitties irish bar on mitchell street. i went and gave her moral support from the other side of the bar. was wearing my villa shirt and met another villa fan - so anyway, got talking to loads of people. from there on, we have basically made plenty friends and been doing lots of stuff in darwin. we have had a couple of aussie bbq's, lots of nights out on mitchell street, met heaps of people, mainly irish and english! we moved into Les and Vicki's (megans parents) i think around 1st october. they just moved into a lovely new condo, and we had our own rooms and bathroom, pool downstairs, that we had a bit of a party in one night at some crazy o'clock! erm, irish mick did ... read more

So - we had went to G's DogDragon restaurant again and chatted to his parents and friends again, then we went to Bingin to meet Granpao and Cynthia, we stayed over at their place for one night right on the beach front, we stayed outside on their balcony under a mozzie net, it was really fab to chill and sleep with the sound of the surf and the stars, a top night. we went out for dinner with another guy as well but i forget his name. 19th - back to kuta, i checked into Cempaka 3 as i had gatecrashed rob's place long enough and now there were some rooms available. Randomly bumped into Chris while in internet cafe, he had flew over with some lads we had met in KL, so went out with ... read more

So, still on koh phangan with Carol and the legend that is Ricardito. He is so because he puts up with all us girls bossing him about and is a big cuddly bear as well! We took one of the Rubber Tree kittens (we called them Vic and Bob) - there are the 2 smaller tabbies that are a tad sickly. Vic had a bunged up bottom and all his poo had collected into a massive lump at his rear end. I assisted Por to try to get out all the crap, including a couple of enemas and manipulating his colon and stuff, it was a very smelly process and i have to mention that i got squirted with poo all over me. one of my best jobs eh! the flies were all over it! gross ... read more

since arriving back 'home'!!! have settled back into the island life. such a hard life eh. well, first got here and christel took me round on her bike, we sorted out a house in rubber tree gardens and a bike from 'Adam Big Bike'! nice little 125 which gets me up the hills nicely. and its a pretty blue colour with a white basket which is much more important. so - the new clinic is amazing, really huge! its sprung up in 3 months - cant believe how fast they are building it. there is a dog exercise area, lots of kennels, a big cattery and a separate kitchen so now we can eat without entrails, vomit, severed limbs and maggoty wounds up the other end of the room. bonus. the main clinic is still being ... read more

16 June - Sarawak - Kuching So - we hired a couple of cars and actually did make it to the orang utan centre, and also went to a village in the back of somewhere/nowhere and had a mooch around their village and little museum with various old artifacts and pots and tools, on the way, shown around by a cute grandmotherly type lady. Very pleasant. Our final night as a group in Kuching - oh wailing and sadness. So we had another night of mayhem and debauchery to mark the occasion, commencing with a great dinner at the local outdoor hawker type eating place, I had steak which was Yummy with a capital Y, then we went to a pub and danced, had drinks, a jolly good time, and then carried on partying like it ... read more