Get ready for snow! Hi Folks! Good to hear you'll be back soon...so we can finally take revenge for all the blog entries detailing how you were lounging in the sun while we were dripping with rain back home ;-)
Snow has finally arrived in Sweden (I'm in Stockholm now), it looks fab!
Looking forward to seeing you back in Ireland in February
Good entry????? How's Shirtland? Good entry???? Very deep entry. Some of the lads are really impressed by your writing. A book deal on the horizon I feel. A deep read, I couldn't stop reading it......where are going with some of the stuff you're writing? Anyway glad to see you're getting on grand. Safe journey home. Hope ye enjoyed the trip. By the way, when are you back?
back at work Hi Guys. I get a definite impression from your Blog that you have really settled into this "seeing the World" routine. You make it all sound very simple and easy; take a ferry here, stop over there ...............I suppose that you can not buy experience!
2006 was a good year and 2007 seems to have real potiential .............happy New Year , we look forward to seeing you soon.
Hopefully that arm will be better by then Paul..................it looks really nasty! Take care.
welcome to KL I just got back from 3 fantastic nites in Langkawi, island off Kedah. Good place to unwind, see, and do. Stayed at Mutiara Burau Bay - a very laid back setting. Go island hopping, walk up to the waterfalls, enjoy horse riding, swim in calm clear water sea and enjoy the shopping. Its a duty free island! Of course there is Penang (developed island), Pulau Redang(good for snorkeling), and many more islands plus the highlands. You may enjoy busier x'mas in Penang or KL ...or a quiet time at the other locations. Merry christmas
Christmas in singapore Its billed Christmas in the tropics and the whole city is heavily decorated for christmas! They even have a huge christmas nativity set lining their main shopping street. The shopping there is mad too...when we arrived last Saturday we went for a walk and the shops/restaurants etc we all full up until 11.30pm and the streets were packed with people. The restaurants are also catering for people who would like their turkey and ham for christmas. Unfortunately we are leaving singapore today, to head into malaysia, so we will have to see where we will end up for christmas!
Christmas is upon us Hi Paul and Ulrika, I can see that you are putting a good face on it by trying to show that you are enjoying yourselves whereas all the time you would really prefer to be here in the dark and the rain? Anyway, Christmas is upon us here in a big way, I heard on the radio, when driving into work today, that Irish people will spend twice the EU average per person on Christmas presents.................I would believe it, the shops are jammers and it will only get worse as the clock ticks down...............shopping is not for the faint hearted, the young or the frail! Any sign of a fat turkey or a bit of Limerick ham out your way?
Hi Liz! Thanks for the comment! I totally forgot to say I met [url=http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Last-Train-to-Transcentral/]Catherine[/url]...I think I left out loads in that ozzie entry. It was great to meet Catherine and Patrick for the few minutes we had. What a cool coincidence we managed to meet at all really!
Bah! Humbug! Bali sounds a terrible place!! Just to think of all that daylight and sunshine?YUCK! Us here on the other hand are living in darkness carressed by downpours and cold winds. I know what I would choose!!!
Anyway this is to say Hello Paul and of course HAPPY BIRTHDAY ULRIKA!:-)) I hope you have a lovely day.
Regards,
Emer
Great blog! Hi Paul, great blog, hope you are having a fantastic time on your trip, it looks deadly! I heard you met Catherine very briefly in Australia too. I'm very jealous of you both, whilst I'm sitting here working and looking out at the miserable weather :-)
Lots of sheep NZ is like the west of Ireland...lots and lots of sheep...and loads of shops selling their wooly sweaters! Will try and do the must see and do for australia...the places where we have been will have to wait until we get back!
NZ NZ sounds and looks great. Big country but not many people.............you never said if you met many sheep? As you travel around I would like to hear your opinion on how you would rate (out of 10) the places you have been;
Must see
Must do
Food
Drink
Value for money
People
Places to avoid
Might be a bit of work for you but I think a lot of people would be interested
Have a great time in OZ!
26/10/2006 You really have entered into the spirit of things, but are there no "fun" things to do other than throwing yourself out of an areorplane at high altitude or trying to make pets out of animals that see you as tasty morsels?
Things here are good. We are really looking foreward to our "sedate" few days away.
Your blog looks really well now, by the time you guys get home it could be "award winning"!!!
Take care of yourselves and I look forward to your next up date.
hi there,
greetings from rainy spiddal. its miserable here, so you can be even happier that ye are where ye are. i have no news. work is very busy at the moment. there is a bank holiday next weekend so we are all looking forward to that. i was really sick all weekend and still am a bit. i have a very bad cough. i hope ye see loads of whales and dolphins, and dont believe them if they tell you that the day you go whale watching they have never seen so many whales before. i think thats a scam. anyway enjoy and talk soon
Lina
Hi Paul and Ulrika, great getting your updates.. though i may not comment, am reading and keeping track! ;) ..No news with me, plodding away at work and phd, going down to UL tomorrow actually to spend a few days at it.. Glad to hear all is going well for you both - looking forward to seeing the photos! Love, Connie
Enjoying the travel log! Hello Ulrika and Paul - Enjoying reading about your travels. I hope to visit NZ and Figi next year so I was particularly interested. I dont think I will be doing the diving though- too much of a scaredy cat!! I'm registering at the moment for the IST Conference in Helsinki in November. Annette and George will be going as well so I will keep you posted on how it worked out. Italo will also be there so it will be nice to meet him. Zsuzsi is travelling to Budapest tomorrow for a week. I'm just back from a week in Nerja which was very enjoyable, great to feel the sun.
Take care,
Emer
hi there hi Ulrika and Paul,
good to hear ye are having a good time, it all sounds really exciting. no news from rainy spiddal. am still going to gym and have persuaded jennifer to come too. was hard work to persuade her but i managed in the end. surprisingly she got a special offer 200 euro off but still 540:~) have started salsa too, its great fun. marwa did not end up going with me after all. i have no other news really but will mail ye soon. enjoy yourselves and take care Lina x
Lui
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Get ready for snow!
Hi Folks! Good to hear you'll be back soon...so we can finally take revenge for all the blog entries detailing how you were lounging in the sun while we were dripping with rain back home ;-) Snow has finally arrived in Sweden (I'm in Stockholm now), it looks fab! Looking forward to seeing you back in Ireland in February