anneandalex

So this is where I am spending my days... welcome to ENSO studios. My desk is a little out of the shot, but it's similar to the others. I have my own G5 Mac and pile if job bags, print outs and sketchpads strewn across 1 1/2 tables! I work in quite a small team, there are just 8 of us; 3 designers, 2 marketing consultants and 3 web technicians and coders. If you feel like looking into it a bit more, look on www.ensostudos.com.au A brief hello to everyone at home who we're neglecting! Alex... read more

I am currently sitting in intense heat, directly opposite a fan with Alex spread-eagled on the bed in front of me in an attempt to cool down! As you may have gathered, we have reached the tropical paradise of the Cook Islands. And this is one place that truly does live up to that title. Rather like Fiji, it has beautiful beaches, stunning azure seas, and lush green vegetation. But what makes this place even more relaxing is how western culture and our creature comforts has combined with the laid back Pacific lifestyle. We have electricity, hot showers, flushing toilets, and real (albeit expensive) food that we can use to cook our own meals. Ok, so it is more expensive than a usual backpacker hangout, but it’s totally worth it. Arriving at 4.30am on Friday, we ... read more

Although we flew into Washington DC, and have used it as a hub for our trips to Boston and New York, it is only now that we have started to explore the Capital properly. The evening we came back from New York (after a 5 our horrible greyhound trip), we met Dad G at his hotel for the weekend. He spoilt us all weekend and we had a wonderful time. We got to eat real food (even for Alex the salad was extremely popular!) and some gorgeous seafood. On Saturday we took the car down to colonial beach and George Washington's birthplace and had a blissfully peaceful day in the warm winter sunshine. What a stark contrast to Friday! Dad had an early meeting at the embassy, but Alex and I had a more leisurely start, ... read more

We hired a car from College Park and headed out from Boston on Tuesday afternoon. We picked up a discount motel guide and used it as our bible to determine each days' final destination. After falling foul to a lot of Interstate tolls, we finally caved and bought a road atlas to help us along the way. By all reckoning the journey should have taken 8 hours total to get to Boston from DC, yet after a while it was obvious that it would take longer. We took the Interstate through Maryland, Virginia, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New York, Conneticut and Massachusetts all in one day! The New York city skyline was almost as impressive from the road as it is from in town. The traffic cutting through, however was a nightmare! We arrived at our destination ... read more

We set aside a few days to see Bangkok, shop in Bangkok, and also to visit 'the Bridge over the River Kwai' in Kanchanaburi. However, as all travellers know, plans often change. Especially when one comes down with a severe bacterial infection of the stomach. I have since spent 4 days getting to know our hotel room intimately! Luckily for the first time in weeks we have a flushing toilet and a hot water shower. Alex has seen a lot of the eight flights of stairs to and from our room, the inside of a variety of small food shops (and amazingly managed to come back with some food plain enough for me to eat), as well as the local pharmacy, and bookstalls, all to keep me from a) dehydrating and b) dying of boredom. Fortunately ... read more