Keep on looking! Nance, Hope you are well, I have a small apology to make, I told mum that I would send you some cash for Xmas, and then the senile genes kicked in, so I have only just done it. It may buy you a Big mac, and fries!
I am loving the blogs, and was releived that you weren't in the line of the fires!
Keep safe
Em says she loves the spotty bike, can you bring it home?
Kate
Oh this good damn heat is to much !. Hi Nance,
Longtime no blog. Sounds like you have settled in at Bondai (well at least to the partying and sunbathing side of it). The weather here has been really good, we got up to 5 deg today and nearly all the snow has gone, only to be replaced with torential rain. I bet you wish you were back here !.
The fires in Melbourne have made big news here. Where any of the places you visted cought up in it?. They are saying a lot of the fires were deliberate. Some real nutters about.
I am not suprised that you passed the alchohole test, but am suprised you needed any training. After all you have probaly broken most of the rules so would already know them.
I have been on my usual post xmas waggon, but intend to fall off this week (6weeks in total). So if you hear a rumble or loug bang that will be me falling off.
Hope all is still going well your end be good and keep safe.
Al.
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glad to see you had a great new year, i had a drink for you at midnight. we had the usual fight for a bed a jacqui and alan's but luckerly joe was feeling kind (or was it it sorry for me) i can't do floors anymore at my age. who's this owen fella that's calling elaine 'mum' already???????
it's great to see that your ok, love the pics.
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Trolly? Nancy,
In a trolley, No. Off your trolley definitely !. Sounds like you found some nice towns over the last few weeks. I guess you must now be in Melbourne, and hopefully settled in somewhere.
I have some photos of New Years eve at the Arms which I will get Jo to send to your face book. It was a good night and I think we all rolled out of there at around 3am and back to mine. I went asleep on the sofa within about 30 seconds on getting in which meant I missed food the inevitable the race for a bed. I woke in the middle of the night on the sofa, and went to the kitchen to get a drink. On the way back I went to pick up a blanket that was on a chair and just as I reached for it your mums head popped out, it scared the crap out of me so I found a coat and put that over me back on the sofa. I then woke up in the morning panicking co's my chest felt tight and could not breath properly only to find the reason for this was Joe was asleep at the other end of the sofa with his feet/legs lying on my chest. At that point I gave up and got up and made the tea.
Terry and I had the usual new years day beer but your Dad went home. Think he was slightly hung-over.
Anyway hope things are all well, be good and keep safe.
Al.
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Happy New Year Nancy, It was so good to speak to you, We are all sending all our love to you for a very happy new year, may all your troubles be small ones!
Will raise a glass to you when its midnight here, although you'll already have done the celebrating (never know you might still be at it!) Love you, take care Aunty Kate xXx
G'day Hi Nancy, You made it, well done. It will be interesting to hear what you prefer in a few weeks the driving or the busing it. I guess both have there + and - sides.
So you are now firmly in the land of Pom Lovers ;-) and very strange creatures. I mean what the feck is a kangaroo meant to be, mouse, sheep bear or what. One thing to be aware of is when you are driving in remote places kangaroo's do have a tendency to run out in front of you, and they can do a lot of damage to you car.
Also when you wake up in the morning be sure to bang your boots as hard as you can on the floor at least 4 times and shake any clothes you are about to put on really violently especialy if no one else has got up yet. This is not for any reason but it will anoy anoyone (Hopfully the Ausies) around you in the Hostel. :))
I guess its nice and warem as it now summer time in Aus. It's been really cold here. Oh how I love going out at 7am and slipping up the driveway cos it's so fecking frosty. Still musn't grumble I will leave that to your Dad !. ;-)
Take care and be good
Al
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G'day Nance! Great to hear of your adventures in Oz, keep up the blogs, we are loving them! It's a relief that your in a civilised country now, with indoor plumbing, and clean beds, although the lack of decent pubs is a bit disconcerting, I thought that about half of all Aussies were from England anyway, so you would have thought they could do better. I'm going to petition the PM of Oz and find out what his excuse is!
Take care baby
Aunty Kate
you did it, you got to australia. who's a clever girl then!!! you look like a hillbilly in that hat! glad to hear you gace your liver a rest for a couple of days, it's going to end up pickled at this rate. love the pics, it does look like something from the 50's doesn't it? lovely to hear from you and look forward to the next one xxxxxxxxxxx
that's brilliant that you've got so far already. it's been great reading your blogs and seeing the photo's, make sure you keep it up when you get to Australia. miss ya xxxxxxxxxxx
Things will be hot Hi Nance,
Sounds like things are all going well. I laughed when I read about you just going to shops to get into the air con. I used to do that when I was in Singapore. In the morning I used to walk from the Ritz carlton hotel to our office which was bout 15 mins. I used stop in every place that had air con.
Singapore is quite expensive but if you look around you will find some good cheap places to eat. I was taken out to expensive and cheap places to eat when I was there. The good thing is in either standards are always really high.
There are some nice bars etc on the oposite side of the water to the old post office building. Mind you this is financial district so drinks may be a bit expensive.
One place you should try go and see is Raffles hotel. It's a really famouse building with a lot of history and is also very pleasing to look at. If the funds are up to it, do the real touristy bit and go into raffles and have a singapore sling (dont forget to throw your peanut shells on the floor of the bar if you do go in).
There is also quite a famouse ZOO in singapore which is open at night and is meant to be really good. I never got there as I always seemed to be in bars at night.
Be good, and keep the posts up.
Al.
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hello sister :) . hope your having a good time wherever you are, cos i cant pronounce the names haha. im rather jealous that your spending your days in huts on beaches while im here, at home, in the cold, where it snowed today and it melted. im rambing so ill stop now hope your enjoying yourself love you xxx
Nice one Nance! Nance, how great this entry is, its fantastic to be kept in the loop as to your whereabouts. Glad to hear that not everywhere is cockroach infested grimy holes, and I'm really liking the sound of the buckets of cocktail for £1. Try and drink some water though, your kidneys will thank you later!
Take care honey, we love you!
Aunty Kate
It's Raining and your suprised ! So Nancy, the case of the Redpath/Ryan cause of rainy weather whilst abroad has been solved. Its You !.
Just been speaking to my colleagues in Singapore, here is what he said regarding weather.
Today high 29 low 24, now (21:00) 27deg. Tommorrow high 30 low 24, although it is rainy season now to Dec
no wonder your pooped, you don't seem to spot for a minute. the pics are great, i think if i was there i would have had to have stayed at that bungalow on the beach for at least a week, it just looks to lovely. i can't beleive how far you've got it two months. keep the blogs coming, i love reading them and seeing the pics. gina xxxx
End of the road! Nance,
I am leaving my job today, so I won't be able to send you any more comments, although I am asking aunty Gina, and uncle Al, to copy the blogs for me, so I still get your updates. It's great to hear that you are still going well, on the Ho Chi Min trail. Keep safe honey, and I'll see you on the flip side!
Kate XXXXX
Vietnam! Nance, I am sorry to hear that you have lost your compadre! still that means every round will be cheaper! and they are pretty cheap already.
Keep drinking water, you need your kidneys to be working well!!!!!
Love you! Aunty Kate
Street vendors Hello darling, really enjoying the blogs and the pics are great. Seems like your group is growing by the week be able to start a football team by the time you reach oz. You will have to get us the recipe for roasted pigeon sounds delicious. Nan and grandad got your postcards and think your still in poland, grandad is looking for exchange so he can move there and enjoy the cheap beer, haven't told him about prices in China. Anyway bye for now looking forward to future blogs. Love you Dad.
Nancy protection squad Nancy Protection Squad requires:- from the new travelling companion -name- passport number- grandmothers maiden name and how much vodka he can drink in one sitting. We can't have Nancy running out!!! Great pics Nanc sounds like you're having a ball. Really enjoying all the blogs. Take care love Jacqui X
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Nance, Hope you are well, I have a small apology to make, I told mum that I would send you some cash for Xmas, and then the senile genes kicked in, so I have only just done it. It may buy you a Big mac, and fries! I am loving the blogs, and was releived that you weren't in the line of the fires! Keep safe Em says she loves the spotty bike, can you bring it home? Kate