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| 14th December 2008 Rhonda R | Superb photos - From: Orang Utans of Borneo What an adventure, Rosemary! Trust you are now safely back home. Loved the orang utans - not as scary as gorillas. Best wishes - Rhonda |
| 11th December 2008 Marilyn | What a great experience - From: Orang Utans of Borneo That was just wonderful, what an amazing experience Rosie wish I could have done it really do. Look forward to seeing you when you get back. Loads love. |
| 10th December 2008 Rambling Rose | last leg - From: Orang Utans of Borneo will do Penny - these maladies are getting boring!!!! Yup I also thought of our Tom when we introduced to Rusty Red Tom. |
| 8th December 2008 penny lind | wish I had been there - From: Orang Utans of Borneo What fantastic photos Rosie!1 Trust the alpha male who is hyper and then sulks to been called Tom!!! Their faces were so soulful and the night listening to the jungle must have been awesome! Can't wait to be 'trapped ' in front of the photo show at Christmas. But forgoodness sake, stay out of harm till you get back safely on Friday. Love Penny |
| 3rd December 2008 Rambling Rose | Blenheim Lane Brigade - From: Kupang Memories be good to see the BL gang - thanks for all your encouraging emails Jane love Rosie |
| 3rd December 2008 Rambling Rose | Coming Home - From: Kupang Memories Thanks Rob , we too are really looking forward to coming home and catching up with you all but just a bit more of Indonesia to see first. |
| 30th November 2008 Jane | Hat! - From: Kupang Memories I don't see any problem with Colin wearing the hat on the way home! You two are truely amazing - looking forward to seeing you both. Enjoy some R & R, and see you in December. With love, Jane and Peter xx |
| 26th November 2008 Rob | Great Blog - From: Kupang Memories Great blog mum, all in all it sounds like it was a success. Now you can enjoy the traveling home. Can't wait to see you guys at xmas. |
| 23rd November 2008 daniel jacob | urea - From: It's official - I'm an old fossil hello rose glad to hear your ear is better now and that u and colin have had a great time i see u and colin still have great moves on the dance floor bye for now and see u soon danny |
| 22nd November 2008 Rambling Rose | Cant wait - From: It's official - I'm an old fossil Thanks Judy cant wait to catch up and see Dad Clive as well - I still have another 234,546 pics as yet unpublished so don't be too ready with the invites!!!! |
| 22nd November 2008 Rambling Rose | Happiness - From: It's official - I'm an old fossil Thanks Penny - it is now that i feel well that I realise just how much I missed by being ill. We are having a wonderful sedn off and I so regret I couldn't have done mnore but Colin on teh other hand has achieved incredible things here. He has been fantastic - will keep you up dated with travels love Rosie |
| 20th November 2008 Judy Hill | Urea! - From: It's official - I'm an old fossil It's the way you say it! Seriously though much relieved for you (not arf as much as you must be) let's hope that's the end of it, has it left you with any hearing difficulties? Thanks so much for all your recent v fascinating texts and pics - wot an adventure you've had - really looking forward to seeing you both around Christmastime or early in the new year. Stay well and better keep your head above water! Love Judy |
| 20th November 2008 penny lind | Great to see you happy - From: It's official - I'm an old fossil Dear Rosie, Brilliant happy photos for the end of a tough few months! Just for number two son, ear ache is excriciating and went on for 5 weeks! So must be at least equal in the Smith drama stakes!1 Looking forward to travelling bloggs and orang-u- tangs x Penny |
| 20th November 2008 Rambling Rose | Ear versus knee - From: It's official - I'm an old fossil I had tropical knee infection of the ear - got to be more painful - you had lovely Thai nurses caring for you - I had your Dad-nuff said. |
| 20th November 2008 Rob | - From: It's official - I'm an old fossil Glad to hear the ear is on the mend mum, sounded really horrible. (probably not as bad as a tropical knee infection though, reakon that would be much worse). |
| 19th November 2008 Ger-Jan | "Never seen this before", says the doctor - From: The saga of ear November 2008 Yes, isn't that just the very last position you wish to find yourself in: the protagonist in a medical freak story. Smiths/Phillimores and weird tropical bugs... |
| 19th November 2008 Ger-Jan | Shortest summary of Indonesian cuisine - From: Keep the cups clean - whatever the consequences - September 2008 "Rice with bits soaked in volcanic strength chili sauce". Both Eveline - who loves spicy grub - and I - my attitude is more one of awe and respect - agree. Selamat makan! |
| 14th November 2008 Rambling Rose | Good health - From: Rosie and Colin in Kupang-July 2008 Currently have big problem with ear - subject of forthcoming blog entry so the dramas continue - sdaly may have to coem hoem early to get treatment will keep you informed love Rosie |
| 14th November 2008 Rambling Rose | Mystery Man - From: Leaving boystown Thanks for this is great to have your comments - Rob is fine but I am now in Indonesia with potentialy teh same probelm as Rob - a mystery infection in my ear that has been with me for 6 weeks and has local doctors baffled. |
| 11th November 2008 Bob | Bumphopolis. - From: Rosie and Colin in Kupang-July 2008 Enough bumph to build a city ! I wish you luck sorting it. Great blog and pics, as always. Looking forward to seeing you both IN ONE PIECE (each) back in Oxford. |
| 1st May 2008 mystery man | Mystery man - From: Leaving boystown Actually the mystery man is doing research at Griffith University, not Sydney, but is indeed investigating a bacterium that might have been responsible for Rob's infection. More clues: I left Parklands when I was about 10 in 1978. It was one of those bizzarre coincindences. I'd been at a conference in Khon Kaen (on the very bacterium that might have been the culprit in Rob's infection), and had a very pleasant chat on the plane to Bangkok with Rose. "So where are you from, Rose" "Near Oxford" "Anywhere near Witney?" "Yes, a village between Oxford and Witney" "Freeland ?" Rose says: "How do YOU know about Freeland?" and so started a discussion about which families are still there, and who might remember me. For those who do know who the mystery man is, he now lives in Australia (Gold Coast), married with 3 boys aged 5, 4 and 2. |
| 6th March 2008 sandra & nick | home sweet home - From: Last leg - USA and Canada Glad to hear you are safe and sound at home; and it has been good to keep track of your travels....we have just returned from our holiday in Q'land & NSW and will in a few days email you with news of us all. S & N |
| 5th March 2008 Ali | Great pics and commentary! Thank you! - From: The Antipodes I saw your Mum last week at Madley Park and she seemed very happy indeed. When I said I lived in Blenheim Lane, she chuckled and said she would never want to live there as it was too much like hard work looking after and babysitting all the children... she claerly felt sorry for me living there, and smiled sympathetically at me, shaking her head, and repeating "oh no, I'd never want to live there!" :o) She looked very happy Rosie without any anxiety. |
| 4th March 2008 Penny Lind | dressed for the occasion! - From: The Antipodes Dear Rosie, I was so pleased to see that you were keeping up the Memshib standards in the colonies!! good to see Tony as madly positive as ever and the whole gang of people together. canīt think what is happening with the weathre as Ecuador has been washed out and in a national state of emmergency all February. Even Galapagos was extra wet for the season! I think from this that you must be back in the Uk, very brave. I am not ready for the cold yet. Will climb a few glaciers in Chile to get in the mood, Love Penny |
| 4th March 2008 rosie | We're home - From: The Antipodes We got home yesterday after 2 weeks in USA and Canada so will do a quick short (oh the relief) blog entry for Canada just so I can show off my skiiing photos and then - shock horror - some of you will actually have to talk to us now unless you are nimble enough to dodge into doorways when you spot our tanned , very tanned and youthless faces on teh horizon!!!!! |
| 12th February 2008 Marilyn | Well what a journey - From: Travels around SE Asia A wonderful experience rosie and what wonderful adventures; all that history. Wish I was there except for the delly belly of course. Have a great time and take lots of pics. |
| 11th February 2008 Rambling Rose | Come with me!!!! - From: Travels around SE Asia Hi Cathy - great to hear from you and a hap hip hoppy birthday. I'm planning to go back to Thailand in November and would like to organise a ladies trip to boystown and beyond - so if you are interested!!!! |
| 11th February 2008 Rambling Rose | Hi penny lenny - From: Travels around SE Asia Guess you are now amongst the turtles of Galapogos in your rush roofed beach side hut - you lucky thing. Bye now see you in May in UK - perhaps!!! |
| 11th February 2008 penny Lind | Out of Asia - From: Travels around SE Asia Dear Rosie, I read it all with huge nostalgia. Ankor looked just as eciting as two yeras age and I even think it was the same elephant northof Chiang Mai! Loved the posh hotels. Will this be the inspiration for the next home extention? Love Penny |
| 11th February 2008 Cathy Stewart | Great writing again - From: Travels around SE Asia Rose, your photos are great, once again, and your writing should be published. I really want to travel more! Lots of love Cathx |
| 31st January 2008 Chris D-F | Avid reader - From: Indonesia - Contrasts Hi Rosie Keep the blogg updated with your intrepid tales of adventure in Oz, NZ & Canada. Wonderful reading Love Chris |
| 27th January 2008 Rhonda R | Great blog and pictures - From: Indonesia - Contrasts Thanks for the funny and moving stories. Glad you survived the cockroaches. Sounds like another successful trip to wow them at future dinner parties! R xxx |
| 25th January 2008 penny lind | Timote girl! - From: Indonesia - Contrasts Dear Rosie, I loved reading the blog and like Vivien, I was moved to tears and laughter. Not sure who the masked gentleman was you photographed, but I liked his head dress. Colinīs room was pretty sophisticated compared with our quarters at Haton Sonqo, but the bucket flushed loo and nails for wardrobe were familiar! Mary is trying to contact you to link up in Aukland during her travels. I will show off my photos when you have a spare month after 4th. May!! All love and keep in touch, Penny. |
| 25th January 2008 Rambling Rose | My loyal reader - From: Indonesia - Contrasts Hi Ali - you need to come on the next trip - redundancy new directions - you would never leaves boysytown. Thanks for introducing me to Joe Homan Charity all those years ago. Bye now. Home soon |
| 25th January 2008 Vivienne | How good to see Rosie's education was not wasted - From: Indonesia - Contrasts Rosie, your blog is fabulous and so interesting to those of us stuck in sub zero temps. Your use of digital photography and layout was well learned and made your blog such a great place to visit. I was also pleased to learn that after so many years you have come to the conclusion that staying in a luxury hotel beats a wayside hut! Think if you'd discovered that twenty years ago, I could have come with you on some of your trips. Now there's a thought!!!! Love you both for making a difference in so many people's lives. x |
| 25th January 2008 Ali C | - From: Indonesia - Contrasts Thanks for the wonderful photos and commentaries... I look at and read these at work, sometimes bursting out laughing, sometimes eyes filling up (no wonder I'm being made redundant!) .... Thank you for the insights xx xx xx |
| 22nd December 2007 Rambling Rose | Girlstown - From: Anuchai and Paskorn You are right Penny about the girls needing help as well and it is always in the thoughts of the trustees of boystown but it is much trickier to set up a girlstown. The Joe Homan charity has managed to fund girlstowns in India and many sponsors (including me) ask specifically to sponsor a girl which means I have a girl in India as well as a boy in Thailand. |
| 21st December 2007 penny lind | Oh! Rosie - From: Anuchai and Paskorn It was heart rending looking at your pictures of the boys, especially the little lad who is HIV. But atleast they are being educated to the point where they stand a good chance of a decent income. That is a positive point. BUT,I keep asking myself here and in SE Asia, what about the girls? Theirīs is a desperate future! Keep the piccies comming please Penny |
| 20th December 2007 Penny Lind | What an amazing man! - From: The boys in boystown Dear Rosie, What an amazing man the Director must be. I so enjoyed your blog about the boys town . I just wish I could make my travel blog work. I have tried loeads of times, but just cannot figure out how to download the photos. I seem to have to cancel nearly 400 to just select 3! So I will just have to stick to words! On the cruize in Galapagos, i organised charades and it was hilarious with so many nationalities. You would have loved it! Happy Xmas, Love Penny |
| 18th December 2007 Ali | Very uplifting news - From: The boys in boystown Thank you so much for going there. Great to see you with the lad who was sponsored by Oxford Brookes University. I just spoke to Rhia Lay who gave me some lovely Boy Town news today too! All very encouraging. |
| 26th November 2007 Rambling Rose | Hero of the story - From: My first few days in boystown Here we have a hero Dr Anukul who is like the father to all these boys. After leaving me at the airport he was going into town to the charity shop to buy jumpers for those boys he'd seen that morning out in the cold earlier that morning with just a T shirts on. He'll buy up 20 or so jumpers for 1 gbp. -Although he is so well known many of the shops just give him stuff. |
| 25th November 2007 penelope Lind | Fab. Pics! - From: My first few days in boystown Dear Rosie, So enjoyed this first blog and it took me back to the lovely Thai countryside! Tge boys certainly look healthy and happy and clean. It is just as well I was unable to master transfering my pics to a blog, they would break your heart! Looking forward to more info. Love Penny |
| 24th November 2007 penelope Lind | Bean trifle - From: Sell by Date Party I canīt believe I missed bean trifle. You should have got Alex to film it fir Jamieīs programme!! |
| 23rd November 2007 Rosie | The boys future - From: My first few days in boystown Hi Felicity , great to have your feedback - wish I had your photographic skills. 10% of boys go to Khon Kaen university others go to vocational training to be welders, electricians etc. Boys are taken in on teh basis they will be able to get a well paid job on leaving and will be able (and happy) to send money back to their extended family (many only have granparents). They hope that each boy from boystown will lift at least 8 people out of poverty! More of this in next blog. |
| 21st November 2007 Felicity | The boys - From: My first few days in boystown Rosie, this is fascinating. What are these boys likely to do when they leave school at 18 (that seems quite old)? Are the practical things they're learning in helping around their 'campus' likely to be more useful than the formal schooling, or are they really going on to colleges with a view to being teachers or other professionals? Keep writing and snapping. I'm following you avidly! and take care. Felicity |
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