Back? Back? What do you mean you are back? What am I going to do for on-screen entertainment when I should be working now? Many thanks for sharing you adventures with us - we are glad to see you safely back but share your sorrow at the end of it all.
Love
John and Pat
No change there then Hi guys,
Last time I was in India the Hindustan Ambassador was a new design (I was quite young then!), but from your description nothing much seems to have changed about India since then. Beats me how you manage to get around, catch (or miss) trains, get money, get cool, get on-line, get any sleep, or keep up the enthusiasm. If it is any consolation many of us love reading your stuff with or without the pics, and wish you well with the next stage. Brightens our dull lives here anyway. Do you actually plan to come back at all? Just love to be a fly on the wall when UK Customs ask you where you have been...Take care you two.
Love John and Pat
At last I've been there... Hi Guys,
Nice to know you are still sampling the joys of other worlds and toilets (if any!). We loved the Thai people too and found they had a joy of life that is so rare these days, whatever their circumstances. Too late now, but you should have gone to the River Kwai (on the public train preferably )- it was a humbling experience which taught us that although it is now a bit of a tourist trap it does mean that people (even the Japanese tourists) can reflect on what happened there and not forget the enormity of it. Guess you will find that in Vietnam too ( next on our list as it happens).
Will you touch Malaysia? Don't miss it - a great mix of cultures that seemed to have learnt to co-exist.
When you get back (are you actually coming back?) do let me know how, technically, you do this excellent blog and pix from the back of nowhere. I may need to know in a couple of years for a rather more modest exploit of my own ( just the one continent, but Africa is a big place!). Tip for the 'trots' - flat Coke is about the best treatment for rehydration and eventual recovery. Most medication just delays expelling the cause...
Keep safe and enjoy thinking about the Hesseltine slaves at home... most of whom seemed to have been playing musical chairs over the last few months.
Love , John and Pat
What a good read! I've been reading many accounts of trips in China - (we're about to book a tour ourselves) - and this was one of the best. (Just not long enough!) The photos were very good too.
Thank you Adele and Rob for a very interesting piece of writing.
oi what are you saying about my wife...? Tanya's from Queensland you know...
hope things are well. i have a very good friend in Beijing. let me know if he would be a useful contact while on your China travels. best wishes for Christmas and the UK New Year!
Long time no speak....... Just got to grips with this whole blog thing! (How long have you been away for!). Hope all is well, you lucky, lucky, lucky people...... enjoy Christmas! Still planning to be in India in February? I'll be in the Delhi vicinity from 9th to the19th.
Hi Guys Well your blog continues to be one of the things keeping me sane as I sit at the keyboard, pounding away for a pittance for Mr Hessletine. Guess you know how that feels. Great pics and comment that males us feel we have been there. Great for dinner parties too - never knew there was a 'second biggest rock', but then I suppose there has to be really. Keep enjoying the waves of envy that keep flooding over us poor souls here - just wish you could do something about the cricket. Eventually you must end up somewhere I have been and then I can joyfully tell you what you missed...But what the heck, just go with the flow.
Love, John and Pat
Dribbly Bum Fetishist Am somewhat alarmed to be name checked solely in relation to Adele's arse issues - blimey, what do you think of me? Interesting to discover that even from several thousamd kms and numerous time zones Adele can make me doubt my sanity. It's a gift sweetheart!
However, as one who's suffered from the African equivalent, Adele, you have my deepest sympathy. Keeping the bog roll in the fridge doesn't actually help much, but does give you something to do between bouts of whining self pity, I recall.
goatee Clearly it was all just an excuse for Rob to grow facial hair and not be ridiculed when having his photo printed each week on the inside cover of what car. check out www.goatee.org for advice.
I hope the locals have forgiven you for being English...
We can't remember whose idea it was now, but somehow we have persuaded one another that it would be a really good idea to give up our jobs, rent out our flat, sell all our earthly possessions and go travelling around the world for a year. Perhaps we're not as stupid as we look after all...... full info
azeema
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good memories
so glad i did that trip.. these pics are priceless...