oi, just a quick note to let you know that we're in london still and I'm now working at local pub 'The Leg of Mutton and Cauliflower' in Ashstead, Surrey. Cat is stacking records at Camdon, but unfortunately they do not have 'that old motown sound'. We are both pleased at how amusing our jobs sound. Cat started yesterday and I start on Monday. Hooray for gerbiloons.....and pounds. xxxx bo keep an eye out for future updates, Australia Day plans are in the making. They will involve a Walkabout Pub, a BBQ and a high rotation of Khe Sahn and You're [View Full Entry]

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Ello ello, whats all this then gov? our blog turning into a private swiss family mcBain discussion? Its okay, crisis over....you can stop panicking.....I'm back, if only to dispell the rumor that I am a 'gentleman'. Wtf cat? My apologies for being such a slack bitch re: blogging. In my defence I am very very cold. My hands are cold. My feet are cold. My nose is cold. I am batman. I mean the other one.....fucking cold. Am still unemployed but the prospect of a job is near. Am waiting today to hear whether I will have the privillege of working [View Full Entry]

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It has come to my attention that our adventures in Brazil have not been fully documented. This is, perhaps, because I left the story after my near-death experience with an umbrella and was in shock after such a frightening incident. Or maybe I’m lazy. BRAZIL DAYS 3,4 and 5 After the harrowing events of the previous night/morning, a good nights (mornings) sleep was needed by all. Unfortunately the girl in our room had a friend in another room which had bed bugs. So the friend insisted on opening our door constantly to see if the girl was awake yet. I don’t [View Full Entry]

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Hey guys. Am sitting at Grim's computer still, searching for work. Hurrah. The radio is on with some Beauty and the Beast goodness playing. Early we had a program celebrating the great birthdays of today - Elvis. Bowie. Mum. Kinda makes sense why my mother has no singing talent, all the talent for that day was already taken up. Happy Birthday Marsie. Very little is going on here at the moment. The weather is bad. Bo just made me an awesome cup of tea. Grim has gone down Dorset way to do some work experience. We were meant to go horseriding [View Full Entry]

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London is awesome. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone. Cat Actually in retrospect that was a lame entry. Yet true. London is indeed awesome, however apparantely awesome is a very Australian word. Bleh. ANYWAY. We have been with Grim's family for quite a while now. We arrived early on the 22nd, got our bearings and headed to Bocketts farm to visit Father Christmas (who cracked a Tasmanian joke... hmm...). This was followed up by a visit to the Nork Park Club for some bingo with the oldies. Yes. Grim forgot to mention he comes from Nork. Possibly because I [View Full Entry]

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Oi. Am currently avoiding packing by doing anything else I can think of. Rio is great, I dont want to leave, hence I dont want to pack. As Bo said - the flight here was exciting. The minibus we booked to pick us up at 5am showed up half an hour late and we were scared we would miss out on more Lan Chile ham and cheese sandwich goodness. Luckily, we had plenty of time, and Lan Chile gave us the choice of sandwiches or omelletes. Brilliant. We got to our hostel by about 4pm and immediately left for a walk [View Full Entry]

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Hi kids, Very short one from me at the moment, just a quick description of our time in Chile (Ill write more later or make bo write more) We arrived after a 0330 wake up call, at about 2pm into our hostel in Santiago. As we had only 1 full day, we immediately left the hostel and went walking to find the plaza de armas. We ended up in a nice park with a nice museum, in the complete opposite direction to the plaza. But atleast we saw some nice stuffed animals. Bed was very early. Next morning we were up [View Full Entry]

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Hi kids, time for a final entry from Lima. Its been about a week since we wrote. Havent really done much in that time. We went to Pucllana, a Inca ruin in the city, and there are some photos of this yet to come. Here we met some Peruvian bred dogs. They are ugly. Apparently they have won the ugliest dog in the world awards. They deserve it. We also had a trip to the doctors. Actually the hospital. Hospitals here have walk-in clinic type things. So very grateful that we had Ivan with us, otherwise the language barrier may not [View Full Entry]

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Hey kids, Have spent a whole day doing nothing. Bo is currently watching Lord of the Rings. Cable Tv is great. Maybe Sauran would have forgotten his quest for the ring if he had had... a $500 shopping spree! (sorry, thats on an ad and is highly amusing) Just wanted to say a few things. Firstly HAPPY 21st JESS!!!!! Love you loads sweetie. HAPPY 23rd (?) FRENCHYBOY!! Love you loads too. Secondly, I am adding photos to the blog when I can be bothered, so go back and check the previous entries of the possiblilty of new pics. Thirdly, CAT AND [View Full Entry]

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ahhh....the inca trek, where to start?Perhaps I should give you a brief run-down (haha, pun definately intended) on the quality of south american toilets to put the whole thing into perspective. 5(luxury) - toilet paper, toilet seat, mirror and soap 4(nice)-toilet seat, disinfectant 3(average)-no seat, no flush and floaters 2)(bad)-box in the ground, no flush, flies and a door falling off its hinges 1)(and the winner is) a hole. in the ground. over a pit of shit. surrounded by shit. Now the inca trek is all about toilet number one. Its about holding on and holding and...holding on unt [View Full Entry]

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