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July 20th 2006
Hello Everyone, It's been an interesting couple of weeks and we're starting to find our feet a little. At first we were totally clueless about what to eat. Everything we tried cooking tasted bland because we didn't know where to get seasonings. We were trying to eat asian food but had no idea how to make it taste good! And western food from the minimart, depending on the item can cost alot. One big difference is back in Australia you go to one supermarket and shop for everything in the one place. Here you often need insider knowledge to know where to get particular items. For instance we now know to go to the vegetarian resturant to buy mushroom stock and vegetarian meat alternatives. You can buy fake chicken, beef, pork etc. even frogs legs!! Certain ... read more
July 6th 2006
Happy Birthday Lilly!!!! Lilly is now 1 year old!! We got her some clothes and a pink blow-up kiddy-pool! She had fun opening her presents and then we went out and had Indian food for tea. We also got her a plain sponge cake which Riss is going to decorate, but we haven't had it yet - various circumstances have postponed it. So, it is a birthday week!! Some of the girls from work also got her presents, which was nice. Here are some pics, hope you enjoy them!! Cheers, Tim, Riss and Lilly.... read more
July 1st 2006
Hello Folks, Just a short one today. We have finally found a house!!! Woohoo!! Hurray!! Hoorah!....and all that.... It is an older place, but recently had some renovations done. It is a single story, has 3 bedrooms all with ensuites including bathtubs. (We were looking for a place with a bathtub for Lilly. Not many places here seem to have them, and we find this place with 3!!) It has brand new timber floorboards, new kitchen cupboards, new lounge and coffee table, new dining set. Double beds in all 3 rooms........Huge area attached to the house enclosed with fly screen which is perfect for a studio for Lorissa, being an artist. It overlooks a big garden with lots of fruit trees including 8-9 coconut trees. Quite a big yard, nice porch area, big carport, big wall ... read more
June 21st 2006
Hi everyone, Riss here, We've been in Vientiane exactly a week and this is my first chance to email. I went to the ADRA office with Tim this morning because we plan to go house hunting this afternoon. Lilly coped quite well on the long plane trip over. We had three seats, so Lilly was strapped in the middle one which was very cute. We were one row back from the middle section and close to toilets. When she needed to sleep we put up one of the arm rests and cushioned her lying on the seat in between us. She was fairly content until an hour or so toward the end as she kept getting woken up. The landing must have hurt her ears and she didn't want to take the dummy as she was ... read more
June 19th 2006
Hi everyone, Tim here, Sorry you haven't heard from us sooner. I only just got the office internet connection to work on our laptop today. Funny story...... We bought a small tub of Streets ice cream the other day, and on the front it had a picture of kiwi fruit and starfruit (so bits of yellow and green in the icecream) I had a bowl, and it turns out that the yellow and green bits were actually green beans and corn kernels!! I kid you not!! Anyway, we have been staying at Daniel's place while he is away for a week or so. He is an Aussie and the new program manager. Haven't met him yet. He has a nice apartment that we are staying at till we find a place to rent. We have been ... read more
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