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 [View Full Entry]

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24th so today was spent saying goodbyes (mainly for Michelle!) and packing, last minute shopping and then taxi to airport for our flight to Darwin at 9.15pm. Amersham, Lori and Alison came to wave us off (well Mich really!), and then checked in at 7.15. Got in the airport and sat down for a coffee, looked at the menu and Michelle came out with the immortal words 'holy crap - how much?? i dont think im thirsty' at which some well dressed ladies looked at us in sympathy and offered to buy her a coffee haha. flight was only 2 and [View Full Entry]

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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 [View Full Entry]

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So - as KL turned into crap, i booked on the next available flight to Bali! which was the morning of 13th, i booked into another dorm for the night and got my flight to bali the next morning. Rob picked me up from the airport and took me straight for a beer and then a massage which he treated me to - what a star! i dropped my things at his place, we checked michelle's place but it was full so im staying at robs which is a really nice place and he has friends staying all round in the [View Full Entry]

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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 [View Full Entry]

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21 Aug Hopped onto the ferry to koh tao to meet up with Chris at scuba shack. we went for dinner after his diving, and then went to Eazy Bar overlooking the beach. we had a great night, partaking of G&T's and pina coladas and a few J's which can be purchased at the bar. they have a big swing on the beach in front of the bar and we played on that a bit! and watched the best fire performers i have seen yet! as good as oggie even! staff and poi and both together and woweee stuff. i was [View Full Entry]

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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 [View Full Entry]

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22nd june. Spent time with Bryan and Mandy, taavi and Wainani again, we all went to see the Petronas towers and had a lovely day. we then went back to oasis and played cards - inevitably this turned into a drinking game. mandy and bryon had sank a bottle of wine previously, and then a bottle of local whiskey. i drank beers and was pleasantly bamboozled but poor old mandy was knackered the next day and we didnt really see her till the evening! bless. taavi is going to bali and he said that i could come along with him, so [View Full Entry]

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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 [View Full Entry]

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9th June - So me and Tim flew to Kuching, on the way we purchased duty free supplies of vodka and whiskey in case of emergency. We arrived in Kuching, really pretty town, we found this great guest house called Barambih Lodge, really good place, smallish and great staff. Nice bamboo air con lounge with lots of cushions and big TV and DVD player. Small kitchen and nice clean rooms. Cheap too. We met a great irish guy called Dave, he's from Limerick, really good guy. We walked along the river and stopped for a drink at a restaurant/bar on the [View Full Entry]

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