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some pics

water fights in vangvien

of and evening we would retire back to the only after party in vangvien- gavin’s room. this is the sort of shenanigans that took place there. the guy on the right is called wayne. i will remember his laugh till the day i die.

barbershop laos style.

lush waterfalls in laos

one could leap of this one into the cooling waters below.

there was also a swing made from creeper. great fun

some monks came along and had a go. good to see that they could enjoy themselves.

a young mowgli, spotted on our tubing trip

the crew. from left to right: johanna, BM, lucy, charlie, goldie and laura

the elephants that would transport us on one leg of our trek north of chang mai. unfortunatly my camera ran out of battery at this point.

Yeah – we both mention how good the plac was and how nice the people were, but no mention of the name in either guide book!! it cost 2000 baht for three days trekking and one day cooking courrse – our guide was called jo – nice guy. Mama said you phoned so you’ve probably booked your trekk – they are most probably all about the same. as for the leeches, we found them in malasia – charging along every inch of ground sniffing out blood!!! Loo would have loved them – there were nnone in chang mai when we were there. sounds like laos was as good fun as i remember. well, enjoy the last few days. Nice and sunny here – though you won’t be enjoying any of the sun as you will both most rpobably be holled up in a factory somewhere in an effort to piece back the wrecks of your bank accounts!!! Rio is now able to walk along a little shakily pushing a trolley with bricks in!!! (mama – he did it for the first time today – I’ll bring the trolley tomorrow!)

quality photos!

back in tailand after a somewhat hellish 3 day journey up the mekong river and out of laos. chang mai, a city north of bankok, seems nice so far.

tarn, can you let me know what the name of that cookery course/trek place was called. cheers.

will blog and call soonest.

julio

Rio practising some gardening.

All smiles:-)

Tasting the sand at West Witterings

I’ve just noticed my photo. I have the longest chin in the world….my picture barely fits on the page. At least Dod has been quite complementary with the hairline!!

THere is only 1 word to describe Engand’s performance in the World Cup: PATHETIC
South Africa must have thought they’d turned up at an Invalids Convention!

Loving the weather – heading to the beach again tomorrow. Hopefully there’ll be enough wind for some windsurfing this time!!

Jul: I remember Vang Vienh well. Tubing is epic isn’t it? Did you also find the place where you can swim into some caves. Good fun but pretty scary, especially when you have to swim against the current to get out!