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keeping in touch
Just wanted to let you know that I have been reading your blogs to see how you are doing. By the time you get this you likely will have some news on your run and more adventure news to send our way. My thoughts are with you both and Nat... all is well here. Two flights with Haitian orphans have come through YOW and your team is on it! Keep us posted. jf

Cambodian no rules driving...
Can it be kept in check with Canadian no rules running ? Datte izze de couestchion. FiFille d'amouuuue, smouatchhhh.

Tuk Tuk picture.
Did Bruce's face go through a meat grinder ?

Both of you are crazy...
Dont doubt it one second. The issue is not wether you are or not, it is wether you will stand to your craziness to its resolve or not. Neither is the point about people being "with you" or not. If you are "with yourself", the rest is academic. It's your lives. I seldom ask if people are in agreement with my choices though I appreciate those who challenge them as much as those who support them. Have fun and enjoy if and when you feel it's your way to go. Captain Emo is doing fine. I'm seriously revisiting my initial judgment about his IQ. He is slowly convincing all of us that his reactions or lack of in certain cases are not related to a less-than-genius IQ as much as a visceral stubborness bred into them for centuries so that they become as autonomous as possible in managing what they have been bred to do : take care of herds in mountainous environments, take care of people, be gentle and front bears, wolves and bandits who want to get in the way. They are not East-german bred Olympian Chiwawas on steroids. Captain Emo happens to be a highly intelligent dog. He just doesn't give a f*ck about what two-legged animals whish him to do. He does things when and how he feels he should do them and he adapts if he finds there is some logic to it. He's a pleasant companion, attentive, playful, humorous, sometimes in a mocking way, and already is a great watch dog with a definite sense of his territory. He loves massages and is very affectionate. Given the size, demonstrations of such take a special meaning. It's one thing to have Tampa trying to get one's attention by less-than-gently sticking her snub under one's arm and lifting it, and Denver doing somewhat the same. It's a question of proportion. Have a great run. Then another. Then another up to and including the sixth one. Be careful with cambodian driving habits. You have been warned brakes are an option for local drivers, while horns are an absolute necessity. Then there are the odours, compounded by heat and humidity. I love you. Now, for the human update, things are going fine, our Rio man got back the day you guys left and while the meteorologist is predicting rain for the next two days, we would all prefer 30cm of fresh snow. «La Nina» cycle makes for weird winters .

the Bouddha
Nathalie, Que le Bouddha aux mille mains t'accompagne ainsi que ton ami Jeff au cours de votre périple cambodgien. Et que la sagesse du Bouddha aux mille yeux vous incite à une immense prudence. Mom Ma porte ne t'a jamais été fermée, elle t'est toujours ouverte.

Stay safe, healthy, and in ONE PIECE!!!
God (ess!) bless you both on your journey and keep you both safe.

This is going to be one exciting trip for you both....looking forward to the updates, from now till the trip.....